نالہ فراق آرنلڈ کی یاد میں
آ گیا آج اس صداقت کا مرے دل کو یقیںظلمت شب سے ضیائے روز فرقت کم نہیں
English translation
Today my heart is convinced of this truth: The light of the separation's day is darker than night.
Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil
About this couplet
This is couplet 2 of 15 in “نالہ فراق آرنلڈ کی یاد میں” (Lament of Separation in Memory of Arnold) 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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