در فن تعمیر مردان آزاد

نقش سوی نقشگر می آورداز ضمیر او خبر می آورد

English translation

Art (symbol) takes you towards artist (creator); provides access into artist’s mind.

Urdu translation

فن اپنے فنکار کی طرف لے جاتا ہے اور اس کے ذہن رسا کا پتہ دیتا ہے۔

About this couplet

This is couplet 6 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 poem

۶ / ۲۸