موت
لحد میں بھی یہی غیب و حضور رہتا ہےاگر ہو زندہ تو دل ناصبور رہتا ہے
English translation
If Self of man perfection gains devoid of rest his heart remains, even in the niche of grave Presence and Absence he must brave.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
Word meanings
غیب و حضور: محبوب حقیقی سے دوری اور اس کا دیدار۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 1 of 3 in “موت” (Death) 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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