اہل ہنر سے
مہر و مہ و مشتری، چند نفس کا فروغعشق سے ہے پائدار تیری خودی کا وجود
English translation
The sun, the Jupiter and the moon shine moments few, lose light so soon.
Your Ego's being grows much strong by dint of Love and lasts for long.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
About this couplet
This is couplet 1 of 5 in “اہل ہنر سے” (To Craftsmen) 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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