ہندی مکتب
بہتر ہے کہ بیچارے ممولوں کی نظر سےپوشیدہ رہیں باز کے احوال و مقامات
English translation
Much good that birds that chirp may not descry, the modes of hawk, its state and rank so high:
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
About this couplet
This is couplet 2 of 7 in “ہندی مکتب” (Indian School) 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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