Sher#Wisdom
Hazaron saal nargis apni be noori pe roti hai
Sher byAllama Iqbal · 1877–1938
Hinglish
hazaron saal nargis apni be-noori pe roti hai badi mushkil se hota hai chaman mein deeda-war paida
— Allama Iqbal
Urdu in Devanagari
हज़ारों साल नर्गिस अपनी बे-नूरी पे रोती है बड़ी मुश्किल से होता है चमन में दीदा-वर पैदा
English translation
For a thousand years the narcissus weeps over its blindness; only with great difficulty is one with true vision born in the garden.
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