شعر
میں شعر کے اسرار سے محرم نہیں لیکنیہ نکتہ ہے، تاریخ امم جس کی ہے تفصیلوہ شعر کہ پیغام حیات ابدی ہےیا نغمہ جبریل ہے یا بانگ سرافیل
English translation
The secrets that are hid in verse to judge their worth I always fail, though nnals of the nations past relate this point with much detail.
The verse that conveys to man the views of lire that shall e'er last is either song by Gabriel sung, or blare of Sarafil'strumpet blast.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
About this couplet
This is couplet 1 of 1 in “شعر” (Verse) 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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