سلطانی
ہوا حریف مہ و آفتاب تو جس سےرہی نہ تیرے ستاروں میں وہ درخشانی
English translation
Your stars have lost their pristine glow and sheen that made them rivals of Sun and Moon so keen.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
About this couplet
This is couplet 7 of 7 in “سلطانی” (Kingship) 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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