محبت
بڑھا تسبیح خوانی کے بہانے عرش کی جانبتمنائے دلی آخر بر آئی سعی پیہم سے
English translation
He advanced to the Arsh under pretense of doxology: Inner longing was at last achieved by constant effort.
Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil
Word meanings
دلی: دل کی خواہش۔ تمنائےسعی پیہم: لگاتار کوشش۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 8 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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