مرد حر
روز صلح آن برگ و ساز انجمنہم چو باد فرودین اندر چمن
English translation
In peace, he is the ornament of the assembly*, like spring wind to the garden;
* The following verses (Javid Namah) where Iqbal describes the characteristics of a strong leader: ‘On the day of war, conquering the land by force of arms, on the day of peace, by the winning ways of love.
Translated by Bashir Ahmad Dar
Urdu translation
صلح کے ایام میں وہ رونق انجمن اور باغ کے اندر باد بہار کی مانند ہے۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 27 of 31 in “مرد حر” (The Freeman), 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 poem۲۷ / ۳۱