کرمک شبتاب
پروانۂ بیتاب کہ ہر سو تک و پو کردبر شمع چنان سوخت کہ خود را ہمہ او کردترک من و تو کرد
English translation
A restlessly aflutter moth was bold enough to dart into the candle’s flame, became one with its fiery heart, and ceased to be a thing apart.
Translated by M. Hadi Husain
About this couplet
This is couplet 3 of 9 in “کرمک شبتاب” (The Glow-Worm) in the section Reflections, from Allama Muhammad Iqbal's Persian book Payam-e-Mashriq (پیامِ مشرق), published in 1923.
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