سلطان ٹیپو کی وصیت
اے جوئے آب بڑھ کے ہو دریائے تند و تیزساحل تجھے عطا ہو تو ساحل نہ کر قبول
English translation
O steamlet, onward flow and get transformed to torrent strong and deep, if bank is e'er on you bestowed, abstain, flow on with mighty sweep.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
Word meanings
جوئے آب: ندی۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 2 of 5 in “سلطان ٹیپو کی وصیت” (The Testament Of Tipu Sultan) 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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