فقر

تا کجا این خوف و وسواس و ہراساندر این کشور مقام خود شناس

English translation

Why do you give in to fear, doubt and melancholy? Realize your position in this country.

Translated by Bashir Ahmad Dar

Urdu translation

یہ خوف و وسو اس اور ہراس کب تک ؟ اس ولایت میں اپنا مقام پہچان۔

About this couplet

This is couplet 63 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 poem

۶۳ / ۷۲