بجہان دردمندان تو بگو چہ کار داری
بجہان دردمندان تو بگو چہ کار داریتب و تاب ما شناسی دل بی قرار داری
English translation
Tell me this: what is Thy share in this world of pain and care? Knowest Thou the spirit’s smart? Hast Thou an uneaseful heart?
Translated by A.J. Arberry
About this couplet
This is couplet 1 of 3 in “بجہان دردمندان تو بگو چہ کار داری” (ba jahan-e dardmandan to bego che kar dari) in the section Part 1, from Allama Muhammad Iqbal's Persian book Zabur-e-Ajam (زبورِعجم), published in 1927.
Read it in the poem۱ / ۳