چہ غم داری، حیات دل ز دم نیستکہ دل در حلقہ بود و عدم نیست
Why sorrow? The heart does not live by breathAnd is not chained to being and to death.
مخور ای کم نظر اندیشۂ مرگاگر دم رفت دل باقی است غم نیست
Death, O short-sighted man, you need not fear.If breathing stops, the heart will still be there.
From Payam-e-Mashriq (1923) by Allama Muhammad Iqbal · verified text, Iqbal Academy Pakistan