پند باز با بچۂ خویش

نگہ دار خود را و خورسند زیدلیر و درشت و تنومند زی

English translation

Guard yourself and live the life of one of good cheer, brave, robust and rugged.

Translated by Mustansir Mir

Urdu translation

خود دار بن اور خوش رہ؛ دلیری، درشتی اور تنومندی اختیار کر ۔

About this couplet

This is couplet 7 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.

Read it in the poem

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