حور وشاعر
طلبم نہایت آن کہ نہایتی نداردبہ نگاہ ناشکیبی بہ دل امیدواری
English translation
I seek the end of what has no end – with a restless eye, and hope in my heart.
Translated by Mustansir Mir
About this couplet
This is couplet 9 of 10 in “حور وشاعر” (The Houri And The Poet) in the section Reflections, from Allama Muhammad Iqbal's Persian book Payam-e-Mashriq (پیامِ مشرق), published in 1923.
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