ہندی مکتب
آزاد کا ہر لحظہ پیام ابدیتمحکوم کا ہر لحظہ نئی مرگ مفاجات
English translation
The free perform such deeds in span of breath, but slaves are every instant prone to sudden death.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
Word meanings
مرگ مفاجات: ناگہانی موت۔ابدیت: ہمیشگی۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 4 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.
Read it in the poem۴ / ۷