صبح کا ستارہ

ایک پتھر کے جو ٹکڑے کا نصیبا جاگاخاتم دست سلیماں کا نگیں بن کے رہا

English translation

As the fortune of a piece of stone gained ascendancy; it did not stop short of being jewel of Sulaiman's ring.
* Sulaiman A.S. a true prophet is also famous for his wealth, power and glory. The signet ring refers to the stone of his ring which was an emblem of his sovereignty. This verse shows that a mere piece of stone gained elegance by being the stone of the ring of a man.)

Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil

About this couplet

This is couplet 9 of 20 in “⁨صبح کا ستارہ⁩” (The Morning Star –Venus) in the section Part 1 -- Before 1905, from Allama Muhammad Iqbal's Urdu book Bang-e-Dara (⁨بانگِ درا⁩), published in 1924.

Read it in the poem

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