محبت
قمر اپنے لباس نو میں بیگانہ سا لگتا تھانہ تھا واقف ابھی گردش کے آئین مسلم سے
English translation
The moon in its new attire was looking a little strange: Was not familiar with the established laws of revolution.
Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil
Word meanings
آئین مسلم: مانا ہوا دستور۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 2 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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