رقص و موسیقی
شعر سے روشن ہے جان جبرئیل و اہرمنرقص و موسیقی سے ہے سوز و سرور انجمنفاش یوں کرتا ہے اک چینی حکیم اسرار فنشعر گویا روح موسیقی ہے، رقص اس کا بدن
English translation
The souls of Satan and Gabriel too from verse derive effulgence strong, for dance and music both provide pathos and rapture for the throng.
A Chinese Sage has thus disclosed the secrets implied in this art: ‘As if verse is music's soul and dance performs body's part.’
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
Word meanings
اہرمن: شیطان۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 1 of 1 in “رقص و موسیقی” (Dance And 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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