عورت
راز ہے اس کے تپ غم کا یہی نکتہ شوقآتشیں، لذت تخلیق سے ہے اس کا وجود
English translation
Her pain and fret for breed this joyful fact proclaims that procreation is her first and foremost aim.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
About this couplet
This is couplet 2 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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