محبت
عروس شب کی زلفیں تھیں ابھی نا آشنا خم سےستارے آسماں کے بے خبر تھے لذت رم سے
English translation
The locks of the bride of night’s hair were still unbent. The sky’s stars were unacquainted with the taste of running.
This verse refers to the period when the universe was in its early stages and had not started functioning. The first two verses concern the stage when the universe was stationary and had not acquired movement. The next two verses talk about the stage when there was no light.
Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil
Word meanings
عروس شب: رات کی دلہن۔لذت رم: تگ و دو کا مزہ۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 1 of 16 in “محبت” (Love) in the section Poems of Period 1905-08, from Allama Muhammad Iqbal's Urdu book Bang-e-Dara (بانگِ درا), published in 1924.
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