قوم نے پیغام گو تم کی ذرا پروا نہ کیقدر پہچانی نہ اپنے گوہر یک دانہ کی

English translation

The nation did not care for the message of Gautam at all; the value of its own single pearl* it did not appreciate at all.
* In the Urdu and Persian literary works a belief is expressed that pearls are formed in the oyster shell by the spring rain drops. If the shell is contented with one drop only one pearl is formed. Such a pearl is larger in size and superior in brightness than those of the shells with many pearls.)

Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil

Word meanings

گوہر يک دانہ: بے مثال موتی۔