شعر عجم
افسردہ اگر اس کی نوا سے ہو گلستاںبہتر ہے کہ خاموش رہے مرغ سحر خیز
English translation
Much good that birds which chirp and sing at morning early rise and bloom, give tip their songs, if can't dispel this earthly meadow's murk and gloom.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
Word meanings
مرغ سحر خيز: صبح سویرے اٹھ کر چہچہانے والا پرندہ ۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 2 of 4 in “شعر عجم” (Persian Poetry) 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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