شعاع امید
بولی کہ مجھے رخصت تنویر عطا ہوجب تک نہ ہو مشرق کا ہر اک ذرہ جہاں تاب
English translation
Implored the sun to let it spread its light till every mote of East grows lustrous bright.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
Word meanings
تنوير: روشن۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 10 of 17 in “شعاع امید” (Ray Of Hope) 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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