شاعر
محفل نظم حکومت، چہرہء زیبائے قومشاعر رنگیں نوا ہے دیدہ بینائے قوم
English translation
The State administration is the nation's beautiful face. The elegant-styled poet is the nation's clear-sighted eye.
Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil
Word meanings
ديدہ بينا: دیکھنے والی آنکھ۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 2 of 3 in “شاعر” (Poet) 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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