عجم بحریست ناپیدا کناریکہ در وی گوہر الماس رنگ است
Iran is like a boundless sea which teemsWith pearls as rich as diamonds in sheen.
ولیکن من نرانم کشتی خویشبہ دریائی کہ موجش بی نہنگ است
Yet on that sea I will not sail my barqueWhose waters do not have a single shark.
From Payam-e-Mashriq (1923) by Allama Muhammad Iqbal · verified text, Iqbal Academy Pakistan