بوی گل
وا کرد چشم و غنچہ شد و خندہ زد دمیگل گشت و برگ برگ شد و بر زمین فتاد
English translation
She opened her eyes and became a bud: Then she laughed and she burst forth into a rose; but presently shed her petals in the dust.
Translated by M. Hadi Husain
Urdu translation
پھر اس نے آنکھ کھولی، کلی بنی، ذرا مسکرائی، پھول ہوئی، پھر اس کے پتے پتے بکھر کر زمین پر گر گئے۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 4 of 5 in “بوی گل” (The Fragrance Of The Rose) in the section Reflections, from Allama Muhammad Iqbal's Persian book Payam-e-Mashriq (پیامِ مشرق), published in 1923.
Read it in the poem۴ / ۵