جاوید سے
نخچیر اگر ہو زیرک و چستآتی نہیں کام کہنہ دامی
English translation
If quarry is wise acute and bold, it can not be trapped by hunters old.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
Word meanings
زیرک: دانا ، عقلمند۔کہنہ دامی: جال بچھانے کا پرانا طریقہ۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 13 of 33 in “جاوید سے” (To Javaid) 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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