ہنروران ہند
موت کی نقش گری ان کے صنم خانوں میںزندگی سے ہنر ان برہمنوں کا بیزار
English translation
Their idol halls arc full with prints of gloomy death. The art of these Brahmans seems tired of life and breath.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
About this couplet
This is couplet 2 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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