سرود
جس روز دل کی رمز مغنی سمجھ گیاسمجھو تمام مرحلہ ہائے ہنر ہیں طے
English translation
The day the minstrel grasps this point which is hid in depths of heart, take it for granted, you have traversed all the stages required by art.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
Word meanings
مغني: نغمہ گانے والا۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 5 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.
Read it in the poem۵ / ۵