شعاع امید
مشرق سے ہو بیزار، نہ مغرب سے حذر کرفطرت کا اشارہ ہے کہ ہر شب کو سحر کر
English translation
Don't shun the East, nor look on West with scorn, since Nature yearns for change of night to morn.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
Word meanings
حذر: پرہیز، بچاؤ۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 17 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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