ہنروران ہند
عشق و مستی کا جنازہ ہے تخیل ان کاان کے اندیشہ تاریک میں قوموں کے مزار
English translation
Their fancy tolls the knell of love and rapture sweet; their dark and dismal thoughts with nations' tombs replete.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
Word meanings
انديشہ تاريک: بھیانک سوچ۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 1 of 4 in “ہنروران ہند” (The Artisans of India) 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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