حکما

ساغرش را سحر از بادۂ خورشید افروختورنہ در محفل گل لالہ تہی جام آمد

English translation

It was dawn that lit up the tulip’s cup with a drink from the sun; for the tulip itself bore an empty cup when it joined the company of flowers.

Translated by Mustansir Mir

Urdu translation

گل لالہ کے ساغر کی سحر خورشید کی شراب سے چمکی ہے ، ورنہ وہ گلستان میں خالی آیا تھا۔

About this couplet

This is couplet 1 of 3 in “⁨حکما⁩” (Philosophers) 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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