جگنو
رنگیں نوا بنایا مرغان بے زباں کوگل کو زبان دے کر تعلیم خامشی دی
English translation
It gave flowery music to the speechless bird. Having given tongue to the rose* taught it to be silent.
* This is a beautiful metaphor for the petals of the rose flower.)
Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil
About this couplet
This is couplet 9 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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