محاورۂ ما بین خدا و انسان
من آنم کہ از سنگ آئینہ سازممن آنم کہ از زہر نوشینہ سازم
English translation
I am one who makes a mirror out of stone, and turns poison into sweet, delicious drink.
Translated by Mustansir Mir
About this couplet
This is couplet 6 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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