غزل
میسر آتی ہے فرصت فقط غلاموں کونہیں ہے بندہ حر کے لیے جہاں میں فراغ
English translation
The slaves can get repose and rest in world confined by Time and Space: But men of high and noble birth haven't leisure in worldly race.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
Word meanings
فراغ: فرصت۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 2 of 5 in “غزل” (Ghazal) 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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