خلوت
رسوا کیا اس دور کو جلوت کی ہوس نےروشن ہے نگہ، آئنہ دل ہے مکدر
English translation
Much greed for show and fame has put this age to shame: The glance is bright and clear, heart's mirror, but is blear.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
Word meanings
مکدر: میلا۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 1 of 4 in “خلوت” (Solitude) in the section Woman, from Allama Muhammad Iqbal's Urdu book Zarb-e-Kalim (ضربِ کلیم), published in 1936.
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