مذہب غلامان
زندگی بار گران بر دوش اومرگ او پروردۂ آغوش او
English translation
Life is a heavy burden on his shoulders; he nourishes his own death in his embrace.
Translated by Bashir Ahmad Dar
Urdu translation
زندگی اس کے کندھوں پر بوجھ ہے، وہ اپنی آغوش میں اپنی موت کی پرورش کرتا ہے۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 25 of 39 in “مذہب غلامان” (Religion Of Slaves) in the section On The Fine Arts Of Slaves, from Allama Muhammad Iqbal's Persian book Zabur-e-Ajam (زبورِعجم), published in 1927.
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