عورت کی حفاظت
جس قوم نے اس زندہ حقیقت کو نہ پایااس قوم کا خورشید بہت جلد ہوا زرد
English translation
A nation which can't see this truth divine, pale grows its son and soon begins decline.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
About this couplet
This is couplet 3 of 3 in “عورت کی حفاظت” (Protection Of The Weaker Vessel) in the section Woman, from Allama Muhammad Iqbal's Urdu book Zarb-e-Kalim (ضربِ کلیم), published in 1936.
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