تو گوئی طایر ما زیر دام استپریدن بر پر و بالش حرام است
You say that we are like birds in a snare,Which cannot stretch their wings so as to fly.
ز تن بر جستہ تر شد معنی جانفسان خنجر ما از نیام است
In fact, the body prods the soul: it isThe scabbard that the sword is whetted by.
From Payam-e-Mashriq (1923) by Allama Muhammad Iqbal · verified text, Iqbal Academy Pakistan
