موج دریا
آب میں مثل ہوا جاتا ہے توسن میراخار ماہی سے نہ اٹکا کبھی دامن میرا
English translation
My steed speeds in the water like wind. The fishing tackle has never caught my skirt.
Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil
Word meanings
توسن: گھوڑا۔خار ماہي: مچھلی پکڑنے والا کانٹا۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 3 of 6 in “موج دریا” (Wave of the River) 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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