عرض حال مصنف بحضور رحمة للعالمین
شل ز برفاب عجم اعضای اوسرد تر از اشک او صہبای او
English translation
Persia’s sleet has set his limbs, a shiver; his thin wine rune colder than his tears.
Urdu translation
عجم کے برفاب سے اس کے اعضا شل ہو گئے ہیں ؛ اس کی شراب اس کے آنسوؤں سے بھی زیادہ سرد ہے۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 17 of 65 in “عرض حال مصنف بحضور رحمة للعالمین” (The Author’s Memorial To Him Who Is A Mercy To All Living Beings) in the section Summary of the Purport of the Poem, from Allama Muhammad Iqbal's Persian book Rumuz-e-Bekhudi (رموزِ بیخودی), published in 1918.
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