اسیری
شہپر زاغ و زغن در بند قید و صید نیستایں سعادت قسمت شہباز و شاہیں کردہ اند
English translation
‘Strength of crow’s and kite’s wing is not in cage and prey; this grace is reserved for the falcon and the eagle.’
Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil
About this couplet
This is couplet 4 of 4 in “اسیری” (Imprisonment) 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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