دین و ہنر
اگر خودی کی حفاظت کریں تو عین حیاتنہ کر سکیں تو سراپا فسون و افسانہ
English translation
If they preserve the Self, life is ideal true, else life is tale or legend through and through.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
About this couplet
This is couplet 3 of 4 in “دین و ہنر” (Religion And Crafts) in the section Literature and Fine Arts, from Allama Muhammad Iqbal's Urdu book Zarb-e-Kalim (ضربِ کلیم), published in 1936.
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