فقر
فقر کافر خلوت دشت و در استفقر مومن لرزۂ بحر و بر است
English translation
The Faqr of an unbeliever is flight to the wilderness,* the Faqr of a believer makes land and sea tremble.
* Cf. the following verses Javid Namah: Whenever a watchful soul is born in a body, this ancient world trembles to its foundation.
Translated by Bashir Ahmad Dar
Urdu translation
کافر کا فقر صحرائے بیابان میں خلوت گزیں ہو جانا ہے؛ مومن کا فقر بحر و بر پر لرزہ طاری کر دینا ہے۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 30 of 72 in “فقر” (Asceticism), from Allama Muhammad Iqbal's Persian book Pas Chih Bayad Kard (پس چہ بائد کرد اے اقوامِ شرق), published in 1936.
Read it in the poem۳۰ / ۷۲