در فن تعمیر مردان آزاد
خویش را از خود برون آوردہ انداین چنین خود را تماشا کردہ اند
English translation
The displayed their inner selves through construction (creativity) and then sought satisfaction by looking at their own creations (through eyes of others).
Urdu translation
انہوں نے تعمیرات میں اپنے آپ کو ظاہر کر کے خود اپنا نظّارہ کیا ۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 3 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.
Read it in the poem۳ / ۲۸