سرود
کیا بات ہے کہ صاحب دل کی نگاہ میںجچتی نہیں ہے سلطنت روم و شام و رے
English translation
Why is it that in eyes of man on whom God has bestowed a heart, the realms of Syria, Rome and Rai are fake effects in the mart?
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
About this couplet
This is couplet 4 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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