پند باز با بچۂ خویش
تن نرم و نازک بہ تیہو گذاررگ سخت چون شاخ آہو بیار
English translation
Let the quail have his soft and delicate body; grow a vein hard as a deer’s horn.
Translated by Mustansir Mir
Urdu translation
نرم و نازک بدن تیہو کے لیے رہنے دے ؛ تو اپنی رگ (بدن) ہرن کے سینگ کی مانند مضبوط رکھ۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 8 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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