ایک پرندہ اور جگنو
تجھے جس نے چہک، گل کو مہک دیاسی اللہ نے مجھ کو چمک دی
English translation
Who gave chirping to you, and fragrance to the rose; the same God gave the glittering light to me.
Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil
About this couplet
This is couplet 4 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.
Read it in the poem۴ / ۱۲