دل
قصہ دار و رسن بازی طفلانہ دلالتجائے 'ارنی' سرخی افسانہء دل
English translation
Tales of gallows and crucifixion are mere child's play for the Heart. The request of Arini* is only the title of the story of the Heart.
* This alludes to the several verses of the Holy Qur’an in which the desire of Musa (A.S) to see God has been mentioned, especially 7:143, in which this word occurs.)
Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil
Word meanings
بازي طفلانہ: بچوں کا کھیل۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 1 of 9 in “دل” (Heart) 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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