مدرسہ
عصر حاضر ملک الموت ہے تیرا، جس نےقبض کی روح تری دے کے تجھے فکر معاش
English translation
Tile present age, your constant foe, like Ezrail has snatched your soul you have imbibed much care and grief pursuit of wealth your only goal.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
About this couplet
This is couplet 1 of 5 in “مدرسہ” (The School) 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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