ترے عشق کی انتہا چاہتا ہوں
ذرا سا تو دل ہوں، مگر شوخ اتناوہی لن ترانی سنا چاہتا ہوں
English translation
Though I am but a tiny little heart I am so bold to hear the same ‘Lan tarani’ I desire.
(Allusion to the Holy Qur’an 7:143. Mosa A.S., a human being, made of clay, had the courage to request the Sight of the Countenance of God. His Love for God gave him that courage.)
Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil
About this couplet
This is couplet 4 of 6 in “ترے عشق کی انتہا چاہتا ہوں” (Tere ishq ki inteha chahta hoon) in the section The Ghazals 1, from Allama Muhammad Iqbal's Urdu book Bang-e-Dara (بانگِ درا), published in 1924.
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