نیا شوالا
سچ کہہ دوں اے برہمن! گر تو برا نہ مانےتیرے صنم کدوں کے بت ہو گئے پرانے
English translation
May I tell the truth O Brahman! If it does not displease you! The idols of your temple have become anachronistic.
Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil
Word meanings
صنم کدہ: بت خانہ، مندر۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 1 of 9 in “نیا شوالا” (The New Temple) 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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