بلال
ادائے دید سراپا نیاز تھی تیریکسی کو دیکھتے رہنا نماز تھی تیری
English translation
The charm of your longing for the Sight was the embodiment of supplication. The continuous sighting of someone was your prayer.
Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil
About this couplet
This is couplet 11 of 13 in “بلال” (Bilal) 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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