ایک پرندہ اور جگنو
چمکتی چیز اک دیکھی زمیں پراڑا طائر اسے جگنو سمجھ کر
English translation
It saw a glowing object on the ground; considering it a fire fly flew down to it.
Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil
About this couplet
This is couplet 2 of 12 in “ایک پرندہ اور جگنو” (A Bird And 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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