آشنا ہر خار را از قصۂ ما ساختی

آشنا ہر خار را از قصۂ ما ساختیدر بیابان جنون بردی و رسوا ساختی

English translation

You have made every thorn prick us and know our tale. You took us to the wilderness of madness, and let everybody know.

Translated by M. Hadi Husain

About this couplet

This is couplet 1 of 5 in “⁨آشنا ہر خار را از قصۂ ما ساختی⁩” (Aashna har khaar ra az qissa-e-ma saakhti) in the section The Wine Remaining, from Allama Muhammad Iqbal's Persian book Payam-e-Mashriq (⁨پیامِ مشرق⁩), published in 1923.

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