فقر
تا نداند از مقام و منزلشمرد ذوق انقلاب اندر دلش
English translation
As he (the Muslim) is not aware of his true station,20 the zeal for revolution has died in his heart.
* ‘His true station’ may refer to the task assigned to the Muslim nation by God, as described by the Qur’an, iii. 100: You are the best nation raised up for men: you enjoin good and forbid evil and you believe in Allah.
Translated by Bashir Ahmad Dar
Urdu translation
چونکہ وہ اپنے مقام و منزل کو نہیں پہچانتا اس لیے اس کے اندر ذوق انقلاب بھی ختم ہو چکا ہے۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 50 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 poem۵۰ / ۷۲