سرود حلال
کھل تو جاتا ہے مغنی کے بم و زیر سے دلنہ رہا زندہ و پائندہ تو کیا دل کی کشود!
English translation
The bass and treble of minstrel's song much joy to human heart imparts what is the use of pleasure that is e'er on wings and soon departs?
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
Word meanings
بم و زير: اتار چڑھاؤ ۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 1 of 5 in “سرود حلال” (Lawful Music) 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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