مذہب غلامان
نزد آن کرمی کہ از گل بر نخاستمہر و ماہ و گنبد گردان کجاست
English translation
Worm that lives under soil and never comes out; cannot understand what is moon, sun and the sky.
Translated by Bashir Ahmad Dar
Urdu translation
وہ کیڑ ا جو مٹی سے باہر نہیں نکلتا، وہ مہر و مہ اور آسمان کو کیا جانے۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 27 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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