عصر حاضر
مدرسہ عقل کو آزاد تو کرتا ہے مگرچھوڑ جاتا ہے خیالات کو بے ربط و نظام
English translation
The seats of learning give the mind of pupils’ scope but leave the thoughts of youth unlinked by thread or rope.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
About this couplet
This is couplet 2 of 3 in “عصر حاضر” (Modern Age) 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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