عورت
جوہر مرد عیاں ہوتا ہے بے منت غیرغیر کے ہاتھ میں ہے جوہر عورت کی نمود
English translation
Man's worth is brought to light without aid from the rest, but woman's worth depends on others at its best.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
About this couplet
This is couplet 1 of 4 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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