عشق اور موت
پے سیر فردوس کو جا رہا تھاقضا سے ملا راہ میں وہ قضا را
English translation
He was going towards the Paradise for a stroll; he met death on its way by the destiny's roll.
Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil
Word meanings
سیر فردوس: جنت کی سیر۔ پےقضا: موت۔قضا را: اتفاقا۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 13 of 23 in “عشق اور موت” (Love And Death) 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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