اہل ہنر سے
اور اگر باخبر اپنی شرافت سے ہوتیری سپہ انس و جن، تو ہے امیر جنود
English translation
If you grow conscious of your rank, I tell in words so plain and frank ‘Mankind and genii shall form your host as chief you shall hold highest post’.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
Word meanings
انس و جن: انسان اور جن۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 5 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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