سرگزشت آدم
مگر خبر نہ ملی آہ! راز ہستی کیکیا خرد سے جہاں کو تہ نگیں میں نے
English translation
Ah! But I could not reach the Existence' secrets, though I made the world beautiful with my Intellect.
Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil
Word meanings
تہ نگيں: تسخیر۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 17 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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