آدم
زمانہ صبح ازل سے رہا ہے محو سفرمگر یہ اس کی تگ و دو سے ہو سکا نہ کہن
English translation
Since Creation's Early Morn began time is engaged in constant flight, has tried to leave its trace on mail, but has not met success e'en slight.
About this couplet
This is couplet 2 of 3 in “آدم” (Adam) 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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