اہل ہنر سے
روح اگر ہے تری رنج غلامی سے زارتیرے ہنر کا جہاں دیر و طواف و سجود
English translation
In solitude with zeal pursue worship and thought with respect due. The time your Self itself displays, the world with song and music sways.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
About this couplet
This is couplet 4 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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