ہوس ہنوز تماشا گر جہانداریست
ہوس ہنوز تماشا گر جہانداری استدگر چہ فتنہ پس پردہ ہای زنگاری است
English translation
Greed is acting still his play this world to dominate; what new turbulence, I pray, behind Heaven’s veil doth wait?
Translated by A.J. Arberry
About this couplet
This is couplet 1 of 7 in “ہوس ہنوز تماشا گر جہانداریست” (hawas hanuz tamasha gar-e jahandari st) in the section Part 2, from Allama Muhammad Iqbal's Persian book Zabur-e-Ajam (زبورِعجم), published in 1927.
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