کوشش ناتمام
حسن ازل کہ پردہء لالہ و گل میں ہے نہاںکہتے ہیں بے قرار ہے جلوہء عام کے لیے
English translation
The eternal Beauty which is veiled in tulips and roses is considered to be restless for general manifestation.
Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil
About this couplet
This is couplet 5 of 6 in “کوشش ناتمام” (The Unsuccessful Effort) 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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