خضرراہ
اپنی خاکستر سمندر کو ہے سامان وجودمر کے پھر ہوتا ہے پیدا یہ جہان پیر، دیکھ
English translation
Its own ashes are a means of existence to salamander; you should watch the resurrection of this world after death!
(Salamander: This is a legendary animal which lives and flourishes in fire. This verse is a repetition of Allamah Iqbal’s message on Islam’s renaissance.)
Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil
Word meanings
خاکستر: راکھ۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 82 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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