خضرراہ
کٹ مرا ناداں خیالی دیوتائوں کے لیےسکرکی لذت میں تو لٹوا گیا نقد حیات
English translation
The ignorant one gave up his life for mythical gods; you destroyed your life’s capital under intoxicants’ love.
Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil
Word meanings
سکر: نشہ۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 54 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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