محاورۂ ما بین خدا و انسان
جہان را ز یک آب و گل آفریدمتو ایران و تاتار و زنگ آفریدی
English translation
I made the whole world with the same water and clay, but you created Iran, Tartary, and Ethiopia.
Translated by Mustansir Mir
About this couplet
This is couplet 1 of 6 in “محاورۂ ما بین خدا و انسان” (A Dialogue Between God And Man) in the section Reflections, from Allama Muhammad Iqbal's Persian book Payam-e-Mashriq (پیامِ مشرق), published in 1923.
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