خضرراہ
آشکارا ہے یہ اپنی قوت تسخیر سےگرچہ اک مٹی کے پیکر میں نہاں ہے زندگی
English translation
It is manifested by its power of subduing; though concealed in a body of dust is life.
Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil
Word meanings
قوت تسخير: فتح کرنے کی طاقت۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 29 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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