رخصت اے بزم جہاں
مدتوں تیرے خود آرائوں سے ہم صحبت رہامدتوں بے تاب موج بحر کی صورت رہا
English translation
I remained long in company of your self centered people; I remain restless for long like the waves of the ocean.
Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil
Word meanings
خود آرائوں: خود پسند لوگ۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 5 of 21 in “رخصت اے بزم جہاں” (Farewell O World's Congregation!) 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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