اے پیر حرم
تو ان کو سکھا خارا شگافی کے طریقےمغرب نے سکھایا انھیں فن شیشہ گری کا
English translation
Those who blow on glass in West have taught the youth repose and rest; let them imbibe to bear the shocks, and cut the stones and hew the rocks.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
Word meanings
خارا شگافي: سخت پتھر میں سراخ کرنا۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 3 of 5 in “اے پیر حرم” (To Elder Of The Shrine) 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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