جگنو
رنگیں کیا سحر کو، بانکی دلھن کی صورتپہنا کے لال جوڑا شبنم کی آرسی دی
English translation
It gave colour to the dawn like a beautiful bride; clothing it in red dress gave it the mirror of dew.
Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil
About this couplet
This is couplet 11 of 18 in “جگنو” (The Fire-Fly) 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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