جہان عمل
ہست این میکدہ و دعوت عام است اینجاقسمت بادہ بہ اندازۂ جام است اینجا
English translation
This world is a free tavern, and to all who come to it wine is served in accordance with their bowl’s capacity.
Translated by M. Hadi Husain
About this couplet
This is couplet 1 of 6 in “جہان عمل” (The World Of Action) in the section Reflections, from Allama Muhammad Iqbal's Persian book Payam-e-Mashriq (پیامِ مشرق), published in 1923.
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