از نوازشہای سلطان شہیدصبح و شامم، صبح و شام روز عید

By the favour of the martyred King,my mornings and evenings were as pleasant as those of Eid

نکتہ سنج خاوران ہندی فقیرمیہمان خسرو کیوان سریر

Bar of the East, the Indian faqir,was guest unto that monarch with saturn as throne.

تا ز شہر خسروی کردم سفرشد سفر بر من سبکتر از حضر

Ever since I moved from the royal city,travelling became lighter for me than stay

سینہ بگشادم بہ آن بادی کہ پارلالہ رست از فیض او در کوہسار

I opened my breast to the breeze by whichtulips had sprung up in the mountains.

آہ غزنی آن حریم علم و فنمرغزار شیر مردان کہن

Alas! Ghazni, the home of learning and art,the hunting ground of lion-hunters of yore,

دولت محمود را زیبا عروساز حنا بندان او دانای طوس

a beautiful bride of Mahmud’s realm,of whose henna-dyed adorners one was the Sage of Tus.

خفتہ در خاکش حکیم غزنویاز نوای او دل مردان قوے

In it resting in eternal sleep the Ghaznavid sage tooby whose voice the hearts of men grew strong.

آن ’’حکیم غیب‘‘، آن صاحب مقام’’ترک جوش‘‘ رومی از ذکرش تمام

That seer of the unseen, man of high stationby whose iteration Rumi’s passion rose to a climax.

من ز پیدا او ز پنھان در سرورہر دو را سرمایہ از ذوق حضور

I exulted in the Present, he exulted in the Hidden,both having their wheewithal from zest for the sight of sights.

او نقاب از چہرہ ایمان گشودفکر من تقدیر مؤمن وانمود

He raised the veil from the face of Faithand my thought indicated the destiny of a believer.

ہر دو را از حکمت قرآن سبقاو ز حق گوید من از مردان حق

Both learnt their lesson from Qur’anic Wisdom.He speaks of God while I speak of godly folk.

در فضای مرقد او سوختمتا متاع نالہ ئی اندوختم

I felt afire in the tomb’s atmosphereto such an extent that I became apprized of a cry.

گفتم ای بینندۂ اسرار جانبر تو روشن این جہان و آن جہان

I said to him “O you seer of the secrets of life,both this world and the other is luminous to you,

عصر ما وارفتۂ آب و گل استاہل حق را مشکل اندر مشکل است

our age is infatuated by water and clay (material things),which raises problems without end for those godly.

مؤمن از افرنگیان دید آنچہ دیدفتنہ ہا اندر حرم آمد پدید

Leave aside what the believers suffered at the hands of the West,there have sprung up so many mischiefs even in the Harem.

تا نگاہ او ادب از دل نخوردچشم او را جلوۂ افرنگ برد

Since the believers sight was not disciplined by the heart,the glamour of the West bewitched his eyes.

ای ’’حکیم غیب‘‘، امام عارفانپختہ از فیض تو خام عارفان

O you seer of the hidden, leader of the knowing ones,by whose beneficence the rawness of the seers became mature,

آنچہ اندر پردۂ غیب است گویبو کہ آب رفتہ باز آید بجوی

whatever is there hidden behind the veil, let me know;may be the wave once past should come back in the stream.