تربیت
زندگی کچھ اور شے ہے، علم ہے کچھ اور شےزندگی سوز جگر ہے، علم ہے سوز دماغ
English translation
Existence and knowledge both are poles apart, life burns the soul, whereas lore makes it smart.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
About this couplet
This is couplet 1 of 4 in “تربیت” (Upbringing) 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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