ترانہء ہندی
غربت میں ہوں اگر ہم، رہتا ہے دل وطن میںسمجھو وہیں ہمیں بھی، دل ہو جہاں ہمارا
English translation
If we are in foreign lands our hearts think of the homeland; consider us present where this heart of ours is present.
Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil
Word meanings
غربت: سفر
About this couplet
This is couplet 2 of 9 in “ترانہء ہندی” (An Ode To India) 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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