اسرار پیدا
شاہیں کبھی پرواز سے تھک کر نہیں گرتاپر دم ہے اگر تو تو نہیں خطرہ افتاد
English translation
The hawk is never tired of flight, does not drop gasping on the ground; if unwearied it remains on wings, from hunters' dread is safe and sound.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
Word meanings
خطرہ افتاد: گر جانے کا خطرہ۔دم: انتھک۔ پر
About this couplet
This is couplet 4 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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