خلوت
بڑھ جاتا ہے جب ذوق نظر اپنی حدوں سےہو جاتے ہیں افکار پراگندہ و ابتر
English translation
When zeal and zest for sight exceed their greatest height, thoughts soar to highest point and soon are out of joint.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
Word meanings
پراگندہ و ابتر: پریشان اور منتشر۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 2 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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