Allama Iqbal special..life

[life.]

Re: Allama Iqbal special..life

Peer-e-Rumi
The Mentor Rumi


Qalb Pehlu Mee Zind Ba Zar Bashab
Intizar-e-Roz Mee Darad Zahab

Coins may jingle at night,
But gold waits for the morrow.

[life.]

Re: Allama Iqbal special..life

Mureed-e-Hindi
The Indian Disciple


Sirr-e-Adam Se Mujhe Agah Kar
Khak Ke Zarre Ko Mehar-o- Mah Kar!

Tell me about the secret of man,
Tell how dust is a peer of the stars.

[life.]

Re: Allama Iqbal special..life

Peer-e-Rumi
The Mentor Rumi



Zahirish Ra Passha-e-Ard Ba-Charkh
Batinish Amad Muheet-e-Haft Charkh

His outside dies of an insect’s bite,
His inside roams the seven heavens.

[life.]

Re: Allama Iqbal special..life

Mureed-e-Hindi
The Indian Disciple


Khak Tere Noor Se Roshan Basar
Ghayat-e-Adam Khabar Hai Ya Nazar?

Dust with your help has a luminous eye,
Is man’s purpose knowledge or vision?

[life.]

Re: Allama Iqbal special..life

Peer-e-Rumi
The Mentor Rumi


Admi Deed Ast, Baqi Post Ast
Deed Aan Bashad Ke Deed-e-Dost Ast

Man is perception; the rest is skin;
Perception is the perception of God.

[life.]

Re: Allama Iqbal special..life

Mureed-e-Hindi
The Indian Disciple


Zinda Hai Mashriq Teri Guftar Se
Ummatain Merti Han Kis Azaar Se?

The East lives on through your words!
Of what disease nations die?

[life.]

Re: Allama Iqbal special..life

Peer-e-Rumi
The Mentor Rumi


Har Halak-e-Ummat-e-Paisheen Ke Bood
Zaanke Bar-Jandal Guman Bar Dand Uood

Every nation that perished in the past,
Perished for mistaking stone for incense.

[life.]

Re: Allama Iqbal special..life

Mureed-e-Hindi
The Indian Disciple


Ab Musalman Men Nain Who Rang-o-Boo
Sard Kyunkar Ho Gya Iss Ka Lahoo?

Muslims have now lost their vigour and force;
Wherefore are they so timid and tame?

[life.]

Re: Allama Iqbal special..life

Peer-e-Rumi
The Mentor Rumi


Ta Dil-e-Sahibd Le Na Mad Ba Dard
Haich Qoume Ra Khda Ruswa Na Kard

No nation meets its doom,
Until it angers a man of God

[life.]

Re: Allama Iqbal special..life

Mureed-e-Hindi
The Indian Disciple


Gharcha Be-Ronaq Hai Bazar-e-Wujood
Kon Se Sode Mein Hai Mardon Ka Sood?

Though life is a mart without any lustre,
What kind of bargain doth offer some gain?

[life.]

Re: Allama Iqbal special..life

Peer-e-Rumi
The Mentor Rumi


Zair Ki Ba-Farosh-o-Heerani Bakhar
Zair Ki Zann Ast-o-Heerani Nazar

Sell cleverness and purchase wonder;
Cleverness is doubt; wonder is perception.

[life.]

Re: Allama Iqbal special..life

Mureed-e-Hindi
The Indian Disciple


Hum Nafs Mere Salateen Ke Nadeem
Main Faqeer-e-Ne-Kulah-o-Begaleem

My peers consort with kings in court,
While I am a beggar, uncovered, bare‐headed.

[life.]

Re: Allama Iqbal special..life

Peer-e-Rumi
The Mentor Rumi


Banda-e-Yak Mard-e-Roshan Dil Shawi
Ba Ke Bar Farq-e-Sar-e-Shahan Rawi

To be the slave of a man with an illumined heart,
Is better than to rule the ruler’s of’ the land.

[life.]

Re: Allama Iqbal special..life

Mureed-e-Hindi
The Indian Disciple


Ae Shareek-e-Masti-e-Khasaan-e-Badar
Main Nahin Samjha Hadees-e-Jabr-o-Qadr!

I am at a loss to know the puzzle
Of free will and determination.

[life.]

Re: Allama Iqbal special..life

Peer-e-Rumi
The Mentor Rumi


Bal Bazan Ra Sooye Sultan Bard
Bal Zaghan Ra Baghoristan Bard

Wings bring a hawk to Kings;
Wings bring a crow to the grave.