حکمت ارباب دین کردم عیانحکمت ارباب کین را ہم بدان

I have unfolded the wisdom of the people of faith,now learn the wisdom of the people of malice.

حکمت ارباب کین مکر است و فنمکر و فن تخریب جان، تعمیر تن

The wisdom of the people of malice is deceit and artifice;deceit and artifice: they destroy the soul and build the body.

حکمتی از بند دین آزادہ ئیاز مقام شوق دور افتادہ ئی

This is wisdom that has freed itself from faith's bondsand has strayed far away from the station of Love.

مکتب از تدبیر او گیرد نظامتا بکام خواجہ اندیشد غلام

The school gets the system through it's thinkingso that the servant learns to think in line with the master's desires.

شیخ ملت با حدیث دلنشینبر مراد او کند تجدید دین

The religious scholar of the nation, in a charming way,reinterprets religion to his (Pharaoh's) liking.

از دم او وحدت قومی دو نیمکس حریفش نیست جز چوب کلیم

The unity of the people is broken because of him;nothing can compete with him except Moses' Staff.

وای قومی کشتۂ تدبیر غیرکار او تخریب خود تعمیر غیر

Woe to a people that get prey to others' stratagies,their task is to destroy themselves and build up others.

می شود در علم و فن صاحب نظراز وجود خود نگردد با خبر

They gain knowledge of science and art,but remain unaware of their own self-identity.

نقش حق را از نگین خود سترددر ضمیرش آرزوہا زاد و مرد

They erase the God's sign from their ringstone,aspirations arise in their heart only to die away.

بی نصیب آمد ز اولاد غیورجان بتن چون مردہ ئی در خاک گور

They are not blessed with a progeny having a sense of honour,their children have souls in their bodies like corpses in graves.

از حیا بیگانہ پیران کہننوجوانان چون زنان مشغول تن

Their old people lack modesty,the youth are busy decorating themselves like women.

در دل شان آرزوہا بی ثباتمردہ زایند از بطون امہات

The desires that spring from their hearts are unstable,they are born dead from the wombs of their mothers.

دختران او بزلف خود اسیرشوخ چشم و خود نما و خردہ گیر

Their daughters are caught in the snares of their curling locks,bold-eyed, fond of display and carping;

ساختہ پرداختہ دل باختہابروان مثل دو تیغ آختہ

well-dressed, with exquisite make-up, coquettish;their eyebrows like two unsheathed swords;

ساعد سیمین شان عیش نظرسینۂ ماہی بموج اندر نگر

their white silvery forearms pleasing to the eyes;their bosoms showing like fish in water.

ملتی خاکستر او بی شررصبح او از شام او تاریکتر

A nation whose ashes are devoid of any live spark,whose morning is darker than its eve.

ہر زمان اندر تلاش ساز و برگکار او فکر معاش و ترس مرگ

It is always in search of material goods,its only preoccupation is anxiety for livelihood and fear of death.

منعمان او بخیل و عیش دوستغافل از مغزاند و اندر بند پوست

Its rich are miserly, pleasure-loving,intent upon seeking the shell, and neglectful of the kernel.

قوت فرمانروا معبود اودر زیان دین و ایمان سود او

The might of its ruler is the object of its adoration,in loss of faith and belief lies its gain.

از حد امروز خود بیرون نجستروزگارش نقش یک فردا نبست

It never looks beyond its todayand never creates a tomorrow for itself.

از نیاکان دفتری اندر بغلالامان از گفتہ ہای بے عمل

It has the annals of its ancestors under its arms,alas! it only discourses on them without acting on them.

دین او عہد وفا بستن بغیریعنی از خشت حرم تعمیر دیر

Its creed is to offer loyalty to others,to build temples with the material of the mosque.

آہ قومی دل ز حق پرداختہمرد و مرگ خویش را نشناختہ

Alas! for a nation which has cut itself adrift from God,which is dead, but doesn't understand its death.