خودی کی زندگی
خودی ہو زندہ تو ہے فقر بھی شہنشاہینہیں ہے سنجر و طغرل سے کم شکوہ فقیر
English translation
Faqr is as exalted as a king if Self of man has vital flame: The lofty rank of true Faqir isn't less than Sanjar and Tughral's fame.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
Word meanings
شکوہ: شان و شوکت۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 1 of 3 in “خودی کی زندگی” (The Life Of Selfhood) 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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