مرگ خودی
خودی کی موت سے مغرب کا اندروں بے نورخودی کی موت سے مشرق ہے مبتلائے جذام
English translation
Devoid the West of inner light, her soul is struck with deadly blight: the loss of Self has made the East a leper, for germs befitting feast.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
Word meanings
جذام: کوڑھ کی بیماری ۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 1 of 4 in “مرگ خودی” (Death Of The Ego) 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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