ارض ملک خداست
تو عقابی طایف افلاک شوبال و پر بگشا و پاک از خاک شو
English translation
You are an eagle rise to the sky; and even fly beyond the limits of the skies.
Urdu translation
تو عقاب ہے افلاک کی سیر کر؛ اپنے بال و پر کھول اور افلاک سے آزاد ہو۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 9 of 18 in “ارض ملک خداست” (The Earth Is The Lord’s) in the section The Sphere of Mecury, from Allama Muhammad Iqbal's Persian book Javid Nama (جاوید نامہ), published in 1932.
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