اساتذہ
کر سکتے تھے جو اپنے زمانے کی امامتوہ کہنہ دماغ اپنے زمانے کے ہیں پیرو
English translation
Those who deserved to lead the modern age have worn out brains and others hold the stage.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
About this couplet
This is couplet 3 of 3 in “اساتذہ” (Teachers) 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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