✒️ Poetry of the Day

Verses of Monday 26 October

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اردو شاعری · Urdu

افراد کے ہاتھوں میں ہے اقوام کی تقدیر

ہر فرد ہے ملت کے مقدر کا ستارا

— Allama Iqbal

Roman Urdu & meaning

Afraad ke haathon mein hai aqwaam ki taqdeer

Har fard hai millat ke muqaddar ka sitara

The destiny of nations lies in the hands of individuals; every person is a star of the nation's fate.

English poetry

But I, being poor, have only my dreams;

I have spread my dreams under your feet;

Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.

— W. B. Yeats, He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven