وجود
گر ہنر میں نہیں تعمیر خودی کا جوہروائے صورت گری و شاعری و ناے و سرود
English translation
If craftsmanship of man is quite devoid of gift and tact the Self to form and frame. Alas! Such art and music of the flute are naught but source of much disgrace and shame.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
About this couplet
This is couplet 2 of 3 in “وجود” (Being) 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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