قلندر کی پہچان
مہر و مہ و انجم کا محاسب ہے قلندرایام کا مرکب نہیں، راکب ہے قلندر
English translation
A Darvesh holds the reins of Time like steed; ile brings sun, stars and moon to book with speed.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
About this couplet
This is couplet 5 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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