دل
خاک کے ڈھیر کو اکسیر بنا دیتی ہےوہ اثر رکھتی ہے خاکستر پروانہ دل
English translation
It changes the heap of earth into elixir; such is the power of the ashes of the Heart.
Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil
Word meanings
خاک کے ڈھير: مراد ہے انسان۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 8 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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