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Kashti-e-umr

कश्ती-ए-उम्र
Meaning

The boat of life; one's span of years crossing the sea of time.

Literally: 'boat of life'

See it in the verse

Kashti-e-umr in Iqbal’s couplets

Khudi ke saaz mein hai umr-e-javidan ka suragh
Khudi ke soz se roshan hain ummaton ke charagh
Within the music of selfhood lies the trace of an everlasting life — and it is by the burning of selfhood that the lamps of whole peoples are lit.
Selfhood · Leadership · Hope
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