موت
مہ و ستارہ، مثال شرارہ یک دو نفسمے خودی کا ابد تک سرور رہتا ہے
English translation
The Moon and stars shine like a spark, for moments few and then the dark; the rapture caused by Ego's wine is as eternal as things divine.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
About this couplet
This is couplet 2 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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