شعاع امید
چشم مہ و پرویں ہے اسی خاک سے روشنیہ خاک کہ ہے جس کا خزف ریزہ درناب
English translation
The moon and Pleiades get light from this land; its stones are costlier than gems of purest brand.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
Word meanings
درناب: سچا موتی۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 13 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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