تصویر درد
محبت ہی سے پائی ہے شفا بیمار قوموں نےکیا ہے اپنے بخت خفتہ کو بیدار قوموں نے
English translation
Sick nations have been cured only through Love. Nations have warded off their adversity through Love.
Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil
Word meanings
بخت خفتہ: سوئی ہوئی قسمت۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 61 of 69 in “تصویر درد” (Picture of Pain) 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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