التجائے مسافر
چلی ہے لے کے وطن کے نگار خانے سےشراب علم کی لذت کشاں کشاں مجھ کو
English translation
I have started with zeal from the homeland’s tavern. The pleasure of the wine of knowledge is speeding me up.
Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil
About this couplet
This is couplet 7 of 21 in “التجائے مسافر” (The Traveler's Request) 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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