چہ پرسے از کجایم چیستم من؟بہ خود پیچیدہ ام تا زیستم من
Why ask what I am and where I came from?In this sea I am like a restless wave.
درین دریا چو موج بیقرارماگر بر خود نپیچم نیستم من
Self-agitated and therefore alive.Were I to rest, I would just cease to be.
From Payam-e-Mashriq (1923) by Allama Muhammad Iqbal · verified text, Iqbal Academy Pakistan