ز ہد اور رندی
مجموعہ اضداد ہے، اقبال نہیں ہےدل دفتر حکمت ہے، طبیعت خفقانی
English translation
He is not Iqbal but a strange mixture of opposites he is; treasure of wisdom is his heart, but enigmatic his temper is.
Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil
Word meanings
مجموعہ اضداد: متضاد عادات کا حامل۔خفقاني: سودائی۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 15 of 27 in “ز ہد اور رندی” (Piety And Ecstasy) 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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