خدایا وقت ن درویش خوش بادکہ دلہا از دمش چون غنچہ بگشاد
The days of that ‘Dervesh’ O God keep gay,Whose breath opes hearts like buds in-early-May.
بہ طفل مکتب ما این دعا گفتپی نانی بہ بند کس میفتاد
To a Maktab’s child he pray’d in this way,For bread put him not in some body’s pay.
From Armaghan-e-Hijaz (Persian) (1938) by Allama Muhammad Iqbal · verified text, Iqbal Academy Pakistan
