تو میدانی حیات جاودان چیست؟نمی دانی کہ مرگ ناگہان چیست؟
What is the lasting life is known to thee,A sudden death but is not known to thee.
ز اوقات تو یکدم کم نگردداگر من جاودان باشم زیان چیست؟
Thy status at all it can not decrease,What could be the loss of my deathless lease.
From Armaghan-e-Hijaz (Persian) (1938) by Allama Muhammad Iqbal · verified text, Iqbal Academy Pakistan