ہوس ہنوز تماشا گر جہانداریست
بخلوت انجمنی آفرین کہ فطرت عشقیکی شناس و تماشا پسند بسیاری است
English translation
In thy solitude, alone, create a company: Love, that’s made to know the One, the many loves to see.
Translated by A.J. Arberry
About this couplet
This is couplet 5 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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