# Children Prayer

A Prayer for Children لَب پِہ آتی ہَے دُعا بَن کے تَمَنّا مِری
Muhammad Iqbal's Children Prayer...
| Urdu | English Translation |
| لَب پِہ آتی ہَے دُعا بَن کے تَمَنّا مِری زِنْدَگی شَمْع کی صُورَت ہو خُدايا مِری | My longing comes to my lips as a supplication of mine Oh God! May like a shining candle be the life of mine |
| دُور دُنِيا کا مِرے دَم سے اَنْدھيرا ہو جائے ہَر جَگَہ مِرے چَمَکنے سے اُجالا ہو جائے | May the darkness of this world disappear through this life of mine May every place light up with the sparkling light of mine |
| ہو مِرے دَم سے يُوں ہی مِرے وَطَن کی زِينَت جِس طَرَح پُھول سے ہُوتی ہَے چَمَن کی زِينَت | May my homeland, through me, attain elegance Just as the garden, through flowers, attains elegance |
| زِنْدَگی ہو مِری پَرْوانے کی صُورَت، يا رَب عِلْم کی شَمْع سے ہو مُجھ کو مُحَبَّت، يا رب | May my life be like that of the moth, Oh Lord May my love be for the beacon of knowledge, Oh Lord |
| ہو مِرا کام غَرِيبوں کی حِمايَت کَرنا دَرْدْ مَنْدوں سے ضَعِيفوں سے مُحَبَّت کَرنا | May my life's way be to support the needy And to love the old and the grief-stricken |
| مِرے اللہ! بُرائی سے بَچانا مُجھ کو نيک جو راہ ہو، اُس رَہ پِہ چَلانا مُجھ کو | My God! Protect me from the evil ways Walk me through the path that leads to virtue |
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The author died in 1938.
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