فنون لطیفہ
مقصود ہنر سوز حیات ابدی ہےیہ ایک نفس یا دو نفس مثل شرر کیا
English translation
The aim of heart is to infuse eternal glow in human hearts: What is the use of warmth that, like a spark, expires and soon departs?
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
About this couplet
This is couplet 2 of 5 in “فنون لطیفہ” (Fine Arts) 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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