غزل
تو بدل گیا تو بہتر کہ بدل گئی شریعتکہ موافق تدرواں نہیں دین شاہبازی
English translation
Your change, no doubt, is good and well, and so your change of Moslem Creed. This Faith is meant for men, like hawks, it suits not pheasants' quivering breed.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
Word meanings
تدرواں: چکوروں۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 3 of 5 in “غزل” (Ghazal) 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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