تمہید: در معنی ربط فرد و ملت
قوم با ضبط آشنا گرداندشنرم رو مثل صبا گرداندش
English translation
The People only make him intimate with discipline;
teach him to be as soft and tractable as is the gentle breeze;
Urdu translation
قوم اسے ضبط سے متعارف کرتی ہے اور اسے صبا کی مانند ہولے ہولے چلتی ہے۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 18 of 34 in “تمہید: در معنی ربط فرد و ملت” (Prelude: Of The Bond Between Individual And Community) in the section Dedication to the Muslim Community, from Allama Muhammad Iqbal's Persian book Rumuz-e-Bekhudi (رموزِ بیخودی), published in 1918.
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