اسرار پیدا
موجوں کی تپش کیا ہے، فقط ذوق طلب ہےپنہاں جو صدف میں ہے، وہ دولت ہے خدا داد
English translation
What do the quivering waves imply, save enormous zeal and zest for quest? What lies concealed in mother shell is gift of God Who knows it best.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
About this couplet
This is couplet 3 of 4 in “اسرار پیدا” (Open Secrets) in the section Education and Upbringing, from Allama Muhammad Iqbal's Urdu book Zarb-e-Kalim (ضربِ کلیم), published in 1936.
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