جنوں
کسے خبر کہ جنوں میں کمال اور بھی ہیںکریں اگر اسے کوہ و کمر سے بیگانہ
English translation
Few know that madness can with case display a myriad crafts, accomplishments and skill, provided one can completely wean it of the wastes and deserts, from gorge and bill.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
Word meanings
کوہ و کمر: پہاڑ اور دامن پہاڑ۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 2 of 3 in “جنوں” (Madness) 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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