خواجگی
دور حاضر ہے حقیقت میں وہی عہد قدیماہل سجادہ ہیں یا اہل سیاست ہیں امام
English translation
In fact, the present age is still the same antique and ancient tide, whether statesmen give them lead, or spiritual leaders guide.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
About this couplet
This is couplet 1 of 3 in “خواجگی” (Lordship) in the section Politics of the East and the West, from Allama Muhammad Iqbal's Urdu book Zarb-e-Kalim (ضربِ کلیم), published in 1936.
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