خضرراہ
آفتاب تازہ پیدا بطن گیتی سے ہواآسمان! ڈوبے ہوئے تاروں کا ماتم کب تلک
English translation
A new sun has arisen from the bowels of the earth O Sky! Mourning of stars which have set how long?
Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil
About this couplet
This is couplet 59 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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