> Reading this feels like a great metaphor One of the more famous Urdu poem ends: nahīñ hai nā-umīd 'iqbāl' apnī kisht-e-vīrāñ se zarā nam ho to ye miTTī

> Reading this feels like a great metaphor One of the more famous Urdu poem ends: nahīñ hai nā-umīd 'iqbāl' apnī kisht-e-vīrāñ se zarā nam ho to ye miTTī bahut zarḳhez hai saaqi Do not despair over barren fields. The soil is so fertile; a little rain is enough. (The entire Urdu poem which probably is comparable to Emily Dickinson's "Hope is the thing with feathers" is pretty good). https://www.rekhta.org/couplets/nahiin-hai-naa-umiid-iqbaal-apnii-kisht-e-viiraan-se-allama-iqbal-couplets https://www.rekhta.org/couplets/nahiin-hai-naa-umiid-iqbaal-...