عا شق ہر جائی
مثل بوئے گل لباس رنگ سے عریاں ہے توہے تو حکمت آفریں، لیکن تجھے سودا بھی ہے
English translation
Like flower’s fragrance you are devoid of colour’s dress; though you are a creator of wisdom you are also insane.
Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil
About this couplet
This is couplet 5 of 25 in “عا شق ہر جائی” (The Unfaithful Lover) 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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