کیا چرخ کج رو، کیا مہر، کیا ماہ
نادر نے لوٹی دلی کی دولتاک ضرب شمشیر، افسانہ کوتاہ
English translation
King Nadir plundered Delhi's hoarded wealth, whereas his Chiefs put him to sword by stealth.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
About this couplet
This is couplet 3 of 7 in “کیا چرخ کج رو، کیا مہر، کیا ماہ” (Kya charkh kuj ro, kya mehr, kya maah) in the section Meditations of Mihrab Gul Afghan, from Allama Muhammad Iqbal's Urdu book Zarb-e-Kalim (ضربِ کلیم), published in 1936.
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