مرا در عصر بی سوز آفریدندبخاکم جان پر شوری دمیدند
I have been born in a flameless age,In me nature kept a fire ablaze.
چو نخ در گردن من زندگانےتو گوئی بر سر دارم کشیدند
The life in my neck is like a thread,Say they are tighting this thread in my head.
From Armaghan-e-Hijaz (Persian) (1938) by Allama Muhammad Iqbal · verified text, Iqbal Academy Pakistan