پند باز با بچۂ خویش
تو از زرد چشمان صحراستیبہ گوہر چو سیمرغ والاستی
English translation
You are one of the yellow-eyed of the desert, and, like the simurgh, are of noble nature;
Translated by Mustansir Mir
Urdu translation
تو صحرا کا زرد چشم ہے، تیری اصل سیمرغ کی مانند بلند تر ہے ۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 17 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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