سرگزشت آدم
رہی حقیقت عالم کی جستجو مجھ کودکھایا اوج خیال فلک نشیں میں نے
English translation
I remained in pursuit of the Truth of the universe. I exhibited the excellence of elegant thoughts.
(Search for knowledge has been an inseparable part of Man's nature since his creation.)
Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil
Word meanings
آسمان تک پہنچنے والا خیال۔ خيال فلک نشيں:
About this couplet
This is couplet 3 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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