بہ تسلئی کہ دادی نگذاشت کار خود رابتو باز می سپارم دل بیقرار خود را
In thy hands I now deliver. Once again my restless heart;It will never cease from labour. For the ease thou wouldst impart
چہ دلی کہ محنت او ز نفس شماری اوکہ بدست خود ندارد رگ روزگار خود را
Hapless heart! whose whole affliction. Is the counting of the breath,Having not within its power. To be lord of life and death.
بضمیرت آرمیدم تو بجوش خود نمائیبکنارہ برفکندی در آبدار خود را
In thy thought as I was slumb’ring. Thou, desirous of display,This thy pearl of lustrous beauty. From thy breast didst cast away.
مہ و انجم از تو دارد گلہ ہا شنیدہ باشےکہ بخاک تیرہ ما زدہ ئی شرار خود را
Loud complaint they laid against thee, Moon and stars (didst thou not hear?)That thy spark thou hast enkindled. In my ashes dark and drear.
خلشی بہ سینۂ ما ز خدنگ او غنیمتکہ اگر بپایش افتد نبرد شکار خود را
In my breast his arrow pricking— There is glory, there is fame!If I cast myself before him, He’d not seize me for his game.
From Zabur-e-Ajam (1927) by Allama Muhammad Iqbal · verified text, Iqbal Academy Pakistan
