ہنروران ہند
چشم آدم سے چھپاتے ہیں مقامات بلندکرتے ہیں روح کو خوابیدہ، بدن کو بیدار
English translation
They hide from eyes of man his state and noble name: They fill the soul with sleep, incite the lust in frame.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
About this couplet
This is couplet 3 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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