ایجاد معانی
خون رگ معمار کی گرمی سے ہے تعمیرمیخانہ حافظ ہو کہ بتخانہ بہزاد
English translation
It is the heat in mason's blood, who builds structures of various forms: It may be Behzad's picture hall, or house of wine where Hafiz charms.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
About this couplet
This is couplet 2 of 3 in “ایجاد معانی” (Invention Of New Meanings) 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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