ز ہد اور رندی
مدت سے رہا کرتے تھے ہمسائے میں میرےتھی رند سے زاہد کی ملاقات پرانی
English translation
He had been living in my neighborhood since long; the ascetic and the rind were mutual friends since long.
Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil
About this couplet
This is couplet 6 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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