موسیقی
وہ نغمہ سردی خون غزل سرا کی دلیلکہ جس کو سن کے ترا چہرہ تاب ناک نہیں
English translation
A song that fails to make your face glimmer and glow with joy and glee, shows that minstrel's blood is cold, his heart of heat and warmth is free.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
About this couplet
This is couplet 1 of 3 in “موسیقی” (Music) 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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