پند باز با بچۂ خویش
تہ چرخ گردندۂ کوژ پشتبخور آنچہ گیری ز نرم و درشت
English translation
Under this humpbacked, revolving sky eat what you catch, whether it is soft or hard:
Translated by Mustansir Mir
Urdu translation
خمیدہ کمر بوڑھے آسمان کے نیچے ؛ جو روکھی سوکھی مل جائے کھا لے۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 20 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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