عرض حال مصنف بحضور رحمة للعالمین
بے تو از نابودمندیہا خجلپیکران این سرای آب و گل
English translation
Without thee, whatsoever form indwelt, this habitat of water and of clay was put to shame in utter bankruptcy;
Urdu translation
آپ (صلعم) کے بغیر اس سارے آب و گل (دنیا ) کے سارے پیکر اپنی کم مائیگی کے سبب شرمسار ہیں۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 6 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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