خضرراہ
گرچہ اسکندر رہا محروم آب زندگیفطرت اسکندری اب تک ہے گرم نائونوش
English translation
Though Alexander remained deprived of eternity’s water; the nature of Alexander is busy still in merry-making!
Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil
Word meanings
گرم نائونوش: کھانے پینے میں مصروف۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 13 of 85 in “خضرراہ” (The Traveler’s Guide) 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 poem۱۳ / ۸۵