تیاتر
یہی کمال ہے تمثیل کا کہ تو نہ رہےرہا نہ تو تو نہ سوز خودی، نہ ساز حیات
English translation
Forgetfulness of Self imports the height of art, but with the loss of Self both joy and warmth depart.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
Word meanings
تمثيل: ادا کاری۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 4 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.
Read it in the poem۴ / ۴