گشاد روز خوش و ناخوش زمانہ گذر
بہر نفس کہ بر آری جہان دگرگون کندرین رباط کہن صورت زمانہ گذر
English translation
Each breath that thou drawest, differently the world adorn; within this ancient hostelry swift as Time be borne.
Translated by A.J. Arberry
About this couplet
This is couplet 3 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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