غلاموں کے لیے
حرف اس قوم کا بے سوز، عمل زار و زبوںہو گیا پختہ عقائد سے تہی جس کا ضمیر
English translation
Of ripe beliefs, if nations' heart has no share or allotted part; such mortals are devoid of glow; their acts are mean, debased and low.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
Word meanings
زار و زبوں: ذلیل و خوار۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 3 of 3 in “غلاموں کے لیے” (For Slaves) 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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