جاوید سے

یہ فقر غیور جس نے پایابے تیغ و سناں ہے مرد غازی

English translation

A warrior who can this jealous Faqr attain, without sword and lance great conquests he can gain.

Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah

About this couplet

This is couplet 32 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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