چہ گویم نکتۂ زشت و نکو چیستزبان لرزد کہ معنی پیچدار است
I cannot say what is foul and what fair:The riddle is too hard for me to dare.
برون از شاخ بینی خار و گل رادرون او نہ گل پیدا نہ خار است
Outside the stem you see both rose and thorn;Inside it neither rose nor thorn is there.
From Payam-e-Mashriq (1923) by Allama Muhammad Iqbal · verified text, Iqbal Academy Pakistan
