رقص
چھوڑ یورپ کے لیے رقص بدن کے خم و پیچروح کے رقص میں ہے ضرب کلیم اللہیصلہ اس رقص کا ہے تشنگی کام و دہنصلہ اس رقص کا درویشی و شاہنشاہی
English translation
The turns and twists required for dance, leave to Franks who jump and bound when soul is in ecstatic dance, the strokes like Moses' Rod resound.
A palate parched and mouth athirst are needs that body's dance confers, whereas soul's rapturous dance, Derveshhood and mighty realms prefers.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
Word meanings
کام و دہن: مونہہ اور حلق۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 1 of 1 in “رقص” (Dance) 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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