کنار راوی
جہاز زندگی آدمی رواں ہے یونہیابد کے بحر میں پیدا یونہی، نہاں ہے یونہی
English translation
The ship of Man’s life is sailing in the same way: it is present as well as hidden in eternity’s sea.
Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil
About this couplet
This is couplet 11 of 12 in “کنار راوی” (On The Banks Of The Ravi) 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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