تمہید: در معنی ربط فرد و ملت
چون اسیر حلقہ ی آئین شودآہوی رم خوی او مشکین شود
English translation
When he is prisoner to the chain of Law his deer by nature wild and uncontrolled, yields in captivity the precious musk.
Urdu translation
جب فرد اپنے آپ کو قانون کا پابند بناتا ہے تو اس کی رم خو فطرت میں خوشبو پیدا ہو جاتی ہے۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 20 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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