مصوری
بی تپش پروانۂ کم سوز اوعکس فردا نیست در امروز او
English translation
His moth lacks (inner) warmth; his today (present) has no reflection (glimpse) of tomorrow (future).
Translated by Bashir Ahmad Dar
Urdu translation
اس کا پروانہ کم سوز اور بغیر تپش کے ہے، اس کے حال میں مستقبل کی کوئی جھلک نہیں ۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 18 of 42 in “مصوری” (Painting) 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 poem۱۸ / ۴۲