عورت
وجود زن سے ہے تصویر کائنات میں رنگاسی کے ساز سے ہے زندگی کا سوز دروں
English translation
The picture that this world presents from woman gets its tints and scents'; she is the lyre that can impart pathos and warmth to human heart.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
Word meanings
مکنوں: پوشیدہ، چھپا ہوا۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 1 of 3 in “عورت” (Woman) in the section Woman, from Allama Muhammad Iqbal's Urdu book Zarb-e-Kalim (ضربِ کلیم), published in 1936.
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