ترانہء ہندی
یونان و مصر و روما سب مٹ گئے جہاں سےاب تک مگر ہے باقی نام و نشاں ہمارا
English translation
Greece, Egypt, Rome are all extinct from the world, but our renown and fame have continued so far.
Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil
About this couplet
This is couplet 7 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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