بلال
اذاں ازل سے ترے عشق کا ترانہ بنینماز اس کے نظارے کا اک بہانہ بنی
English translation
Since eternity the Adhan was the anthem of your Love. Prayer was the subtle pretext for the Sight.
Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil
About this couplet
This is couplet 12 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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