About me

A mother, wife and civil servant, a conscientious citizen and patriot ----- my abiding love for books has made me try my hand at writing poetry, none of which is anything but the strictly spontaneous outpouring of a mind that prizes truth and harmony, above all else.

Tuesday, November 22, 2016

A many splendored thing ---Iqbal ( translation)


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tu ne socha hai kabhi, ai deeda-e-ibrat, ke gul
ho ke paida khaak se rangeen qaba kyonkar huya
(Iqbal)
have you, of discerning eye,
ever contemplated the reason why
the flower, that blooms
from dust, many-hued splendor assumes.
(trans---pvks)

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