For some
unfathomable reason, my subconscious threw up this Urdu sher (poem)
today. I must have heard it umpteen number of times as a kid; it used to
feature at the start of old Hindi movies. Today I have been thinking about what
it means.
“Khudi ko
kar buland itna ke har taqdeer se pehle
Khuda bande
se khud pooche bata teri raza kya hai.”
~ Allama
Iqbal
Rough
translation:
Raise
thyself to such heights that before writing your fate,
God Himself
may ask, What is it that you wish for?
posted by Sylvia D'souza at 7:57 pm
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