خضرراہ
شب سکوت افزا، ہوا آسودہ، دریا نرم سیرتھی نظر حیراں کہ یہ دریا ہے یا تصویر آب
English translation
The night was tranquil, air calm, river gently flowing was; my eye was amazed whether the river or a picture of water it was!
Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil
Word meanings
سکوت افزا: خاموشی کو بڑھانے والی۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 2 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.
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