تیاتر
حریم تیرا، خودی غیر کی ! معاذاللہدوبارہ زندہ نہ کر کاروبار لات و منات
English translation
God save that alien Self seek shelter in your shrine; the creed of idols shun, don't desecrate house divine.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
Word meanings
معاذاللہ: خدا کی پناہ۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 3 of 4 in “تیاتر” (Theatre) 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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