ہوس ہنوز تماشا گر جہانداریست
تپید یک دم و کردند زیب فتراکشخوشا نصیب غزالی کہ زخم او کاری است
English translation
But an instant quivered be ere to the saddle bound – fortunate gazelle, to he so singled out to wound!
Translated by A.J. Arberry
About this couplet
This is couplet 6 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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