مہدی
مجذوب فرنگی نے بہ انداز فرنگیمہدی کے تخیل سے کیا زندہ وطن کو
English translation
The Frankish Sage by guile and skill new lease of life to nation gave the path for birth of Superman by valour great he strove to pave.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
Word meanings
مجذوب فرنگی: دیوانہ فرنگی، یعنی تخیّل سپر مین کا خالق نیطشے۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 2 of 4 in “مہدی” (The Guide) 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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