معراج
دے ولولہ شوق جسے لذت پروازکر سکتا ہے وہ ذرہ مہ و مہر کو تاراج
English translation
A mote endowed with strong desire for flight can reach the Sun and Moon with effort slight.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
Word meanings
تاراج: تسخیر کرنا۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 1 of 4 in “معراج” (Ascension) in the section Islam and Muslim, from Allama Muhammad Iqbal's Urdu book Zarb-e-Kalim (ضربِ کلیم), published in 1936.
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