مخلوقات ہنر
نہ خودی ہے، نہ جہان سحر و شام کے دورزندگانی کی حریفانہ کشاکش سے نجات
English translation
There is no Self nor usual change of morn and night at all is found: The Muslims have got rid entire of combats and shun such a round.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
Word meanings
حريفانہ کشاکش: آپس میں تصادم اور کھینچا تانی۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 2 of 4 in “مخلوقات ہنر” (Creations Of Art) 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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