✒️ Poetry of the Day

Verses of Wednesday 28 October

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اردو شاعری · Urdu

خودی کو کر بلند اتنا کہ ہر تقدیر سے پہلے

خدا بندے سے خود پوچھے بتا تیری رضا کیا ہے

— Allama Iqbal

Roman Urdu & meaning

Khudi ko kar buland itna ke har taqdeer se pehle

Khuda bande se khud poochhe bata teri raza kya hai

Raise your selfhood so high that before every decree of fate, God Himself asks you: tell me, what is your wish?

English poetry

All the world's a stage,

And all the men and women merely players;

— William Shakespeare, As You Like It