دل
یا رب اس ساغر لبریز کی مے کیا ہو گیجاوہ ملک بقا ہے خط پیمانہ دل
English translation
O Lord! How powerful the full cup of that wine would be? The Way to eternity is each single line on the measuring cup of the Heart.
Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil
Word meanings
جادہ ملک بقا: ہمیشہ کی زندگی کا راستہ۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 2 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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