در حضور رسالت مآب
در نفس سوز جگر باقی نماندلطف قرآن سحر باقی نماند
English translation
My words have lost their fervour and I have ceased to enjoy my morning recitation of the Quran.
(These lines refer to the malady from which Iqbal was suffering during the last days of his life. His vocal chord was badly affected as a result of which he could not sneak and hence was unable to recite the Qur’an in a loud melodious voice as he used to do.)
Translated by Bashir Ahmad Dar
Urdu translation
میری آواز میں سوز جگر باقی نہیں رہا؛ صبح کی تلاوت کا مزہ جاتا رہا۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 38 of 62 in “در حضور رسالت مآب” (To The Holy Prophet S.A.W.), 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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