پند باز با بچۂ خویش
مجو انجمن مثل آہو و میشبہ خلوت گرا چون نیاکان خویش
English translation
Do not seek out company like the deer or sheep, but go into seclusion as your ancestors did.
Translated by Mustansir Mir
Urdu translation
ہرنوں اور بھیڑوں کی طرح گروہ نہ بنا ؛ اپنے بڑوں کی مانند خلوت اختیار کر۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 11 of 21 in “پند باز با بچۂ خویش” (The Falcon’s Advice To Its Youngster) in the section Reflections, from Allama Muhammad Iqbal's Persian book Payam-e-Mashriq (پیامِ مشرق), published in 1923.
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