آزادی
چاہے تو کرے کعبے کو آتش کدہ پارسچاہے تو کرے اس میں فرنگی صنم آباد
English translation
He can transform the Shrine to Magian fane, can deck the Shrine with Frankish idols vain.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
Word meanings
آتش کدہ پارس: اہل فارس کا آتش کدہ۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 2 of 4 in “آزادی” (Freedom) 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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