شمع اور شاعر
کہہ گئے ہیں شاعری جزو یست از پیغمبریہاں سنا دے محفل ملت کو پیغام سروش
English translation
Ancestors have said that poetry is a part of prophet-hood. Yes, convey to the Millat the glad tidings of the Messenger Angel!
Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil
Word meanings
جزو يست از پيغمبري: پيغمبري کا حصّہ۔پيغام سروش: فرشتے کا پیغام۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 45 of 86 in “شمع اور شاعر” (The Candle And The Poet) in the section Poems of Period - 1908-30, from Allama Muhammad Iqbal's Urdu book Bang-e-Dara (بانگِ درا), published in 1924.
Read it in the poem۴۵ / ۸۶