شعاع امید
خاور کی امیدوں کا یہی خاک ہے مرکزاقبال کے اشکوں سے یہی خاک ہے سیراب
English translation
The hopes of Orient on this region hinge, the tears that Iqbal sheds on it impinge.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
Word meanings
خاور: مشرق۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 12 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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