لاوالا
فضائے نور میں کرتا نہ شاخ و برگ و بر پیداسفر خاکی شبستاں سے نہ کر سکتا اگر دانہ
English translation
If seed had not upraised its head from dark and dismal earthly bed, in Space, lit by the rays of Sun, foliage and fruit would have never won.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
Word meanings
برگ و بر: پتے اور پھل۔خاکي شبستاں: مٹی کا تاریک گھر یعنی زمین۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 1 of 3 in “لاوالا” (No and Yes) 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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