سرود حلال
جس کو مشروع سمجھتے ہیں فقیہان خودیمنتظر ہے کسی مطرب کا ابھی تک وہ سرود
English translation
The song that jurists of the Self deem lawful in their mystic creed has been expecting since a long a bard, who can acquit indeed.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
Word meanings
مشروع: شریعت کی رو سے جائز۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 5 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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