مذہب غلامان
مہرہ را شاطر ز کف بیرون جہاندبیذق خود را بہ فرزینی رساند
English translation
(Like) a cunning chessman (the master) moves his pieces in a way that he raises his pawn to the status of queen making (the slave) helpless.
Translated by Bashir Ahmad Dar
Urdu translation
شاطر (آقا) اپنے مہرے اس طرح پھینکتا ہے کہ اپنے پیادے کو وزیر کس سامنے کر کے (غلام ) کو بے بس کر دیتا ہے۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 35 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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