ایک خط کے جواب میں
ہوائے بزم سلاطیں دلیل مردہ دلیکیا ہے حافظ رنگیں نوا نے راز یہ فاش
English translation
Desire for audience with kings is a sign of lifelessness; this secret has been exposed by Hafiz of elegant poetry.
Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil
About this couplet
This is couplet 5 of 6 in “ایک خط کے جواب میں” (In Response To A Letter) in the section Poems of Period - 1908-30, from Allama Muhammad Iqbal's Urdu book Bang-e-Dara (بانگِ درا), published in 1924.
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