فقر
بندۂ رد کردۂ مولاست اومفلس و قلاش و بی پرواست او
English translation
He is a slave who has been rejected by his Lord, who has grown poor, indigent and absolutely careless.
Translated by Bashir Ahmad Dar
Urdu translation
وہ ایسا غلام ہے جس کا آقا اسے رد کر چکا ہے؛ وہ مفلس بھی ہے، قلاش بھی اور لا پروا بھی۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 52 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.
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