سرگزشت آدم
ملا مزاج تغیر پسند کچھ ایساکیا قرار نہ زیر فلک کہیں میں نے
English translation
I got such a change-loving temperament that I did not settle anywhere under the sky.*
* Allusion to the constantly wandering nature of the human race throughout history. It also refers to the constantly changing thought of Man.)
Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil
Word meanings
تغير پسند: بدلنے والا۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 4 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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