درد عشق

غافل ہے تجھ سے حیرت علم آفریدہ دیکھ!جویا نہیں تری نگہ نارسیدہ دیکھ

English translation

The learning's surprise is neglecting* you, beware! Your immature eye is not the seeker of Truth, beware.
(The present day scientific knowledge has revealed many things which astonish mankind. In these circumstances love, especially Divine Love is a nebulous concept to most people and does not seem to produce any tangible results, on account of which it is neglected by them.)

Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil

Word meanings

جويا: متلاشی۔

About this couplet

This is couplet 9 of 13 in “⁨درد عشق⁩” (Pathos Of Love) in the section Part 1 -- Before 1905, from Allama Muhammad Iqbal's Urdu book Bang-e-Dara (⁨بانگِ درا⁩), published in 1924.

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