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بہت رنگ بدلے سپہر بریں نے
خدایا یہ دنیا جہاں تھی، وہیں ہے
Bahut rang badle sipahr-e-barin ne
Khudaya ye duniya jahan thi vahin hai
تفاوت نہ دیکھا زن و شو میں میں نے
وہ خلوت نشیں ہے، یہ خلوت نشیں ہے
Tafavut na dekha zan-o-shau mein main ne
Vo khalvat-nashin hai ye khalvat-nashin hai
ابھی تک ہے پردے میں اولاد آدم
کسی کی خودی آشکارا نہیں ہے
Abhi tak hai parde mein aulad-e-Adam
Kisi ki khudi ashkara nahin hai
Source: Zarb-e-Kalim (1936), section "Aurat" — nazm
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"The veil": Iqbal sees no difference between man and woman, both shut away, and says the children of Adam are still veiled because no one's self has yet come into the open.
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