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BY ALLAMA IQBAL
दिल सोज़ से ख़ाली है निगह पाक नहीं है
फिर इस में अजब क्या कि तू बेबाक नहीं है
Your heart is devoid of
passionate love for the Lord; Neither are your intentions honest for His love(
meaning your prayers are meant to fulfill worldly desires). That is why you are
not fearless and dithering on the path of self-realization.
है ज़ौक़-ए-तजल्ली भी इसी ख़ाक में पिन्हाँ
ग़ाफ़िल तू निरा साहिब-ए-इदराक नहीं है
Even the desire to experience
Lord's radiance is hidden in every particle of His dust. You are negligent and
lack basic intelligence. Don't deem that you are the Lord of wisdom.
वो आँख कि है सुर्मा-ए-अफ़रंग से रौशन
पुरकार ओ सुख़न-साज़ है नमनाक नहीं है
Your eyes are not merely an instrument
of vision decorated with European collyrium. If there are no tears in the eyes
which remain unaffected by the cries and woes of others uttered even with
poetic pain—then they are useless.
क्या सूफ़ी ओ मुल्ला को ख़बर मेरे जुनूँ की
उन का सर-ए-दामन भी अभी चाक नहीं है
The priestly class is ignorant
of my intense craziness and yearning for the Lord. They are merely concerned
with hems, cutting, and the fashion of their clothes.
कब तक रहे महकूमी-ए-अंजुम में मिरी ख़ाक
या मैं नहीं या गर्दिश-ए-अफ़्लाक नहीं है
The dictates of the planetary
stars do not govern my humble existence of dust. ( why should I remain in the
captivity of this transient world).
My Self seeks eternal
liberation and not a rotational life in the Universe.
(Only the God-realized Self
exists beyond the circumambulation of stars in the skies.)
बिजली हूँ नज़र कोह ओ बयाबाँ पे है मेरी
मेरे लिए शायाँ ख़स-ओ-ख़ाशाक नहीं है
I am the radiant transcendent light
beyond description. I am not meant to take rest on this worldly clutter of
straws/ grass, and dust.
आलम है फ़क़त मोमिन-ए-जाँबाज़ की मीरास
मोमिन नहीं जो साहिब-ए-लौलाक नहीं है
Intellectuals and priestly
class are devoted to those who are bold and powerful.
But the real devotee is the
One who abides by the call given by the Prophet Mohmmad.
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