حکمت و شعر
این فرو تر رفت و تا گوہر رسیدآن بگردابی چو خس منزل گرفت
English translation
This one dived deeper, deeper still, till he came upon the pearl he was after. But the other got caught in a whirlpool like a piece of straw.
Translated by M. Hadi Husain
Urdu translation
رومی (بحر حیات میں) گہرا گیا اور گوہر تک پہنچا، بو علی نے تنکے کی مانند گرداب ہی کو منزل بنا لیا۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 2 of 3 in “حکمت و شعر” (Philosophy And Poetry) in the section Reflections, from Allama Muhammad Iqbal's Persian book Payam-e-Mashriq (پیامِ مشرق), published in 1923.
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