حکیم نطشہ
خدنگ سینہ گردوں ہے اس کا فکر بلندکمند اس کا تخیل ہے مہرو مہ کے لیے
English translation
The flights of fancy, like a dart, can hit the dome of azure sky. He casts his noose on moon and sun that seem so far above and high.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
Word meanings
خدنگ: تیر ۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 2 of 3 in “حکیم نطشہ” (Neitzche) 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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