غزل
کیا ہے تجھ کو کتابوں نے کور ذوق اتناصبا سے بھی نہ ملا تجھ کو بوئے گل کا سراغ
English translation
The books have marred your taste and zest to such a great and vast extent that breeze of morn has also failed to give you clue of rose and scent.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
Word meanings
کور ذوق: اندھا ذوق، ذوق کے بغیر۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 5 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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