نگاہ شوق
اسی نگاہ سے محکوم قوم کے فرزندہوئے جہاں میں سزاوار کار فرمائی
English translation
The members of a subject race by dint of glance, its gloss and grace, have acquired the right and claim to rule and get renown and fame.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
Word meanings
کار فرمائي: حکومت۔سزاوار: حقدار۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 3 of 6 in “نگاہ شوق” (Eager Glance) 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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