Allama Muhammad Iqbal: O wave! Plunge headlong into the dark seas (from Baal-i-Jibreel)

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O wave! Plunge headlong into the dark seas (from Baal-i-Jibreel)

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by Allama Muhammad Iqbal
(1877 - 1938) Timeline

English version by
Naeem Siddiqui

Original Language
Urdu

Muslim / Sufi

20th Century

O wave! Plunge headlong into the dark seas,
And change thyself with many a twist and turn;
Thou wast not born for tile solace of the shore;
Arise, untamed, and find a path for thyself.

Themes

Birth, Rebirth

Womb

Recommended Books

	The Ardent Pilgrim: An Introduction to the Life and Work of Mohammed Iqbal, by Iqbal Singh
	Poems From Iqbal: Renderings In English Verse With Comparative Urdu Text, by Allama Muhammad Iqbal / Translated by V. G. Kiernan

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