عشق اور موت
شرر بن کے رہتی ہے انساں کے دل میںوہ ہے نور مطلق کی آنکھوں کا تارا
English translation
It lives in the human heart as a spark. It is the darling of the Divine Light.
Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil
Word meanings
نور مطلق: مراد ہے اللہ تعالے۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 19 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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