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Urdu · proverb · Nation, Faith & Society

Billi ke gale mein ghanti kaun baandhe

बिल्ली के गले में घंटी कौन बाँधे
Meaning

Who will take on the perilous task everyone shrinks from?

Literally: who will bell the cat

See it in the verse

Billi ke gale mein ghanti kaun baandhe in Iqbal’s couplets

Anokhi waza hai saare zamane se nirale hain
Ye aashiq kaun si basti ke ya-rab rahne wale hain
Their manner is singular, set apart from all the world — which town, O Lord, do these lovers belong to?
Love · Selfhood · Restlessness
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