جدت
خورشید کرے کسب ضیا تیرے شرر سےظاہر تری تقدیر ہو سیمائے قمر سے
English translation
The sun may beg light from gleam of your spark your luck may shine, from moon's brow mark.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
Word meanings
سيما: پیشانی، ماتھا۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 2 of 4 in “جدت” (Newness) 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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