خضرراہ
پختہ تر ہے گردش پہیم سے جام زندگیہے یہی اے بے خبر راز دوام زندگی
English translation
The cup of life becomes more mature by revolving; O negligent one, this alone is the secret of life’s permanence!
Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil
Word meanings
گردش پہيم: مسلسل چلتے جانا۔راز دوام زندگي: ہمیشہ کی زندگی کا راز۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 23 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 poem۲۳ / ۸۵