امید
مقابلہ تو زمانے کا خوب کرتا ہوںاگرچہ میں نہ سپاہی ہوں نے امیر جنود
English translation
With courage great a war I wage 'gainst evils of the present age I do not bear a fighter's name, to chieftainship I lay no claim.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
Word meanings
جنود: فوج کی جمع۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 1 of 5 in “امید” (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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