دل
ابر رحمت تھا کہ تھی عشق کی بجلی یا ربجل گئی مزرع ہستی تو اگا دانہء دل
English translation
O Lord! Was it the cloud of mercy or the thunderbolt of Love, when the life's crop got burned down, sprouted the seed of the Heart.
Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil
Word meanings
مزرع: کھیتی۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 3 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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