مصوری
خویش را آدم اگر خاکی شمردنور یزدان در ضمیر او بمرد
English translation
If a human being deems himself earthly; the Divine light (spirit) in him dies.
Translated by Bashir Ahmad Dar
Urdu translation
اگر انسان اپنے آپ کو صرف خاکی سمجھے، تو اس کے اندر کا خدائی نور مردہ ہو جاتا ہے ۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 22 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 poem۲۲ / ۴۲