میان آب و گل خلوت گزیدمز افلاطون و فارابی بریدم
Eschewing Plato and Farabi !Observed the world of sense with my own eye.
نکردم از کسی دریوزۂ چشمجہان را جز بہ چشم خود ندیدم
I never begged or borrowed other. sight,But always used my own sight, come what might.
From Payam-e-Mashriq (1923) by Allama Muhammad Iqbal · verified text, Iqbal Academy Pakistan
