سکندر با خضر خوش نکتہ ئی گفتشریک سوز و ساز بحر و بر شو
Sikandar said to Khizar aptly: "DiveInto the stormy sea of life and strive
تو این جنگ از کنار عرصہ بینیبمیر اندر نبرد و زندہ تر شو
Against the waves. Why watch them from the shore?Jump in and die and be the more alive."
From Payam-e-Mashriq (1923) by Allama Muhammad Iqbal · verified text, Iqbal Academy Pakistan