سرگزشت آدم
سمجھ میں آئی حقیقت نہ جب ستاروں کیاسی خیال میں راتیں گزار دیں میں نے
English translation
When I could not understand the reality of stars, I passed sleepless nights in this contemplation.
Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil
About this couplet
This is couplet 13 of 18 in “سرگزشت آدم” (The Story Of Man) 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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