گشاد روز خوش و ناخوش زمانہ گذر

گرفتم اینکہ غریبی و رہ شناس نئیبکوی دوست بانداز محرمانہ گذر

English translation

Though stranger thou art, and dost not know how the way doth wend, in a bold, familiar manner go in the lane of the Friend.

Translated by A.J. Arberry

About this couplet

This is couplet 2 of 4 in “⁨گشاد روز خوش و ناخوش زمانہ گذر⁩” (gushad-e roz-e khush-o nakhush zamana guzar) in the section Part 2, from Allama Muhammad Iqbal's Persian book Zabur-e-Ajam (⁨زبورِعجم⁩), published in 1927.

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