مذہب غلامان
حکمران بگشایدش بندی اگرمی نہد بر جان او بندی دگر
English translation
His master unties one knot; and then ties him in yet another.
Translated by Bashir Ahmad Dar
Urdu translation
اگر اس کا حکمران اس کا ایک بند کھول دیتا ہے تو اسے دوسرے بند میں جکڑ دیتا ہے۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 30 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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