محاورۂ علم و عشق
بخلوت خانۂ لاہوت زادیولیکن در نخ شیطان فتادی
English translation
You were born in the innermost sanctum of the Divinity, but then fell into Satan’s trap.
Translated by Mustansir Mir
Urdu translation
تیری پیدائش عالم لاہوت میں ہوئی ؛ لیکن تو شیطان کے پھندے میں گرفتار ہو گیا۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 3 of 5 in “محاورۂ علم و عشق” (Discourse of Knowledge and Love) in the section Reflections, from Allama Muhammad Iqbal's Persian book Payam-e-Mashriq (پیامِ مشرق), published in 1923.
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