غزل
خوار جہاں میں کبھی ہو نہیں سکتی وہ قومعشق ہو جس کا جسور، فقر ہو جس کا غیور
English translation
That nation cannot come to shame at all, nor shall e'er come across or face disgrace, whose youth are blessed with. pluck and courage great, and guard with zeal the prestige of their race.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
Word meanings
جسور: بیباک، جراتمند۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 6 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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