جاوید سے
غیرت ہے طریقت حقیقیغیرت سے ہے فقر کی تمامی
English translation
Your envy for Faith is mystic course indeed, for growth of Faqr a lot of zeal you need.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
Word meanings
تمامی: کمال۔طریقت حقیقی: حقیقی راستہ۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 15 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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