سرود
آیا کہاں سے نالہ نے میں سرود مےاصل اس کی نے نواز کا دل ہے کہ چوب نے
English translation
Whence does the zest of liquor come in mournful tune of hollow reed is its main-spring the player's heart, or does it from the pipe proceed?
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
Word meanings
چوب نے: لکڑی جس سے بانسری بنتی ہے۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 1 of 5 in “سرود” (Melody) 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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