غزل
فیض نظر کے لیے ضبط سخن چاہیےحرف پریشاں نہ کہہ اہل نظر کے حضور
English translation
You ought to keep your words within control, if you seek the bounteous glance of Guide: When you talk with those who insight own be courteous much, by conduct nice abide.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
About this couplet
This is couplet 5 of 6 in “غزل” (Ghazal) 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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