پند باز با بچۂ خویش
ز دست کسی طعمۂ خود مگیرنکو باش و پند نکویان پذیر
English translation
Do not take food from the hand of another; be good and take advice from the good.
Translated by Mustansir Mir
Urdu translation
مگر کسی کے ہاتھ سے لقمہ نہ لے؛ نیک رہ اور نیکوں کی نشست قبول کر۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 21 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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