ہنروران ہند
ہند کے شاعر و صورت گر و افسانہ نویسآہ! بیچاروں کے اعصاب پہ عورت ہے سوار
English translation
Alas! In Hind sex rules the bards and painters too: Those, who write romantic tales, talk of sex through and through.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
Word meanings
صورت گر: مصوّر۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 4 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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