موسیقی
مطرب ما جلوۂ معنی ندیددل بصورت بست و از معنی رمید
English translation
Our musician did not pay attention to the meaning (essence); they are fond of lyrics (words) not the meanings.
Translated by Bashir Ahmad Dar
Urdu translation
ہمارے موسیقار معنی کی طرف توجہ نہیں دیتے ، وہ معنی سے دور، صرف صورت کے شیدا ہیں۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 28 of 28 in “موسیقی” (Music) in the section On The Fine Arts Of Slaves, from Allama Muhammad Iqbal's Persian book Zabur-e-Ajam (زبورِعجم), published in 1927.
Read it in the poem۲۸ / ۲۸