در فن تعمیر مردان آزاد
ہمت او آنسوی گردون گذشتاز جہان چند و چون بیرون گذشت
English translation
His perseverance takes him beyond heavens; his world (endeavours) cross the barriers of ifs and buts.
Urdu translation
اس کی ہمّت افلاک سے آگے بڑھ جاتی ہے، وہ اس جہان چندوچوں سے باہر نکل جاتا ہے۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 18 of 28 in “در فن تعمیر مردان آزاد” (On The Architecture Of Free Men) 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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