سرود
دل کیا ہے، اس کی مستی و قوت کہاں سے ہےکیوں اس کی اک نگاہ الٹتی ہے تخت کے
English translation
What is the source of heart's great might, wherefore to rapture it is prone; how does it topple with a glance the firm and mighty Achamenian throne?
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
About this couplet
This is couplet 2 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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