حکومت
گرچہ اس دیر کہن کا ہے یہ دستور قدیمکہ نہیں مے کدہ و ساقی و مینا کو ثبات
English translation
This cosmos old is wrought in such a cast that tavern, Saqi and flask don't for e'er last.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
About this couplet
This is couplet 3 of 4 in “حکومت” (Government) 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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