سرود حرام
خدا کرے کہ اسے اتفاق ہو مجھ سےفقیہ شہر کہ ہے محرم حدیث و کتاب
English translation
I wish that jurist of the town, who knows the rules that Prophet taught and is adept at Book revealed, to my own point of view be brought.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
About this couplet
This is couplet 2 of 3 in “سرود حرام” (Unlawful 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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