حضور
غالبان غرق اند در عیش و طربکار مغلوبان شمار روز و شب
English translation
The victors are drowned in pleasure and enjoyment, the vanquished have only to count the days and nights.
Urdu translation
چیرہ دست عیش و طرب میں غرق ہیں ؛ کمزور گن گن کے دن گذارتے ہیں۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 26 of 81 in “حضور” (The Divine Presence) in the section Beyond the Spheres, from Allama Muhammad Iqbal's Persian book Javid Nama (جاوید نامہ), published in 1932.
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