تنہائی

شدم بحضرت یزدان گذشتم از مہ و مہرکہ در جہان تو یک ذرہ آشنایم نیستجہان تہی ز دل و مشت خاک من ہمہ دلچمن خوش است ولی درخور نوایم نیستتبسمی بلب او رسید و ہیچ نگفت

English translation

I left the moon and the sun behind, and reached the presence of God. I said, ‘Not one atom in Your world is intimate with me.
The world has no heart, but I, though a handful of dust, am all heart. It is a pleasant garden, but unworthy of my song!’ A smile appeared on His lips He did not say a word.

Translated by Mustansir Mir

About this couplet

This is couplet 4 of 4 in “⁨تنہائی⁩” (Solitude) in the section Reflections, from Allama Muhammad Iqbal's Persian book Payam-e-Mashriq (⁨پیامِ مشرق⁩), published in 1923.

Read it in the poem

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