پیام
شرری کاشتن و شعلہ درون تا کی؟عقدہ بر دل زدن و باز گشودن تا کے؟
English translation
O how long can you go on sowing sparks and reaping flames, and tying up your heart in knots which bear new-fangled names?
Translated by M. Hadi Husain
Urdu translation
شرر کاشت کر کے اس سے شعلہ حاصل کرنا کب تک؟ دل پر گرہ ڈالنا اور پھر اسے کھولنا کب تک؟
About this couplet
This is couplet 15 of 45 in “پیام” (A Message (To The West)) in the section A Picture of Europe, from Allama Muhammad Iqbal's Persian book Payam-e-Mashriq (پیامِ مشرق), published in 1923.
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