سرود
کیوں اس کی زندگی سے ہے اقوام میں حیاتکیوں اس کے واردات بدلتے ہیں پے بہ پے
English translation
Why does the heart bestow fresh life on nations on verge of decline: Why do its states, have constant change, are points that no one can divine?
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
About this couplet
This is couplet 3 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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