قلندر کی پہچان
میں کشتی و ملاح کا محتاج نہ ہوں گاچڑھتا ہوا دریا ہے اگر تو تو اتر جا
English translation
The help of skiff and guide I do not need, if you are swollen brook, come down with speed.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
About this couplet
This is couplet 3 of 5 in “قلندر کی پہچان” (The Recognition Of A Qalandar) 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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