’’بیا کہ قاعدۂ آسمان بگردانیمقضا بگردش رطل گران بگردانیم
Come, let us change the rule of heaven,let us change fate by revolving a heavy measure of wine;
اگر ز شحنہ بود گیر و دار نندیشیموگر ز شاہ رسد ارمغان بگردانیم
though the police-captain makes trouble, we will not worry,and if the king himself sends a present, we will reject it.
اگر کلیم شود ہمزبان سخن نکنیموگر خلیل شود میہمان بگردانیم
Though Moses converse with us, we will not say a word;though Abraham be our host, we will decline him.
بجنگ باج ستانان شاخساری راتہی سبد ز در گلستان بگردانیم
Battling, the tribute-snatchers of the grovewe will turn away from our garden’s gate with empty basket;
بہ صلح بال فشانان صبحگاہی راز شاخسار سوی آشیان بگردانیم
peacefully, the birds that flutter their wings at dawnwe will send back from the grove to their nests.
ز حیدریم من و تو ز ما عجب نبودگر آفتاب سوی خاوران بگردانیم‘‘
You and I are of Haidar, so no wonder would it beif we turn back the sun towards the East.
From Javed Nama (1932) by Allama Muhammad Iqbal · verified text, Iqbal Academy Pakistan
