مہمان عزیز

پر ہے افکار سے ان مدرسے والوں کا ضمیرخوب و ناخوب کی اس دور میں ہے کس کو تمیز!چاہیے خانہ دل کی کوئی منزل خالیشاید آجائے کہیں سے کوئی مہمان عزیز

English translation

The minds of, those who go to school, in thoughts quite fresh and new are clad Alas! There are such people few who draw a line 'twixt good and bad.
Perhaps some luminous thought may flash across the inmost part of heart for such inspiring thoughts one must set some recess in heart apart.

Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah

About this couplet

This is couplet 1 of 1 in “⁨مہمان عزیز⁩” (Honoured Guest) 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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