Allama Iqbal special..life

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Main Shakh-e-Taak Hun, Meri Ghazal Hai Mera Samar
Mere Samar Se Mai-e-Lala Faam Paida Kar

My songs are the grapes on the spray of my vine;
Distil from their clusters the poppy‐red wine!

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Mera Tareeq Ameeri Nahin, Faqeeri Hai
Khudi Na Baich, Ghareebi Mein Naam Paida Kar!

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(Bal-e-Jibril-150) Sitare Ka Pegham

Sitare Ka Pegham
The Star’s Message


Mujhe Dra Nahin Sakti Faza Ki Tareeki
Meri Sarisht Mein Hai Paki-o-Durkhashani

I fear not the darkness of the night;
My nature is bred in purity and light;

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Tu Ae Musafir-e-Shab! Khud Charagh Ban Apna
Kar Apni Raat Ko Dagh-e-Jigar Se Noorani

Wayfarer of the night! Be a lamp to thyself;
With thy passion’s flame, make thy darkness bright

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(Bal-e-Jibril-149) Mohabbat

Mohabbat
Love



Shaheed-e-Mohabbat Na Kafir Na Ghazi
Mohabbat Ki Rasmain Na Turki Na Tazi

The martyrs of Love are not Muslim nor Paynim,
The manners of Love are not Arab nor Turk!

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Woh Kuch Aur Shay Hai, Mohabbat Nahin Hai
Sikhati Hai Jo Ghaznavi Ko Ayazi

Some passion far other than Love was the power
That taught Ghazni’s high ruler to dote on his slave.

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Ye Johar Agar Kar Farma Nahin Hai
To Hain Ilm-o-Hikmat Faqat Sheesha Bazi

When the spirit of Love has no place on the throne,
All wisdom and learning vain tricks and pretence!

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Na Mohtaj-e-Sultan, Na Maroob-e-Sultan
Mohabbat Hai Azadi-o-Be-Niazi

Paying court to no king, by no king held in awe,
Love is freedom and honor, whose scorn of the world

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Mera Faqr Behtar Hai Iskandari Se
Ye Adam Gari Hai, Woh Aaeena Sazi

Holds more than the magic that made Alexander
His fabulous mirror—its magic makes man

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(Bal-e-Jibril-148) Azaan

Azan
The Prayer-Call


Ek Raat Sitaron Se Kaha Najam-e-Sehar Ne
Adam Ko Bhi Dekha Hai Kisi Ne Kabhi Baidar?

One night among the planets the Star of Morning said—
“Has ever star seen slumber desert Man’s drowsy head?”

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Kehne Laga Mareekh, Ada Feham Hai Taqdeer
Hai Nind Hi Iss Chotte Se Fitne Ko Sazawar

“Fate, being nimble‐witted,” Bright Mercury returned,
“Served well that pretty rebel—Tame sleep was what he earned!”

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Zahra Ne Kaha, Aur Koi Baat Nahin Kya?
Iss Karmak-e-Shab-e-Kaur Se Kya Hum Ko Sarokar!

“Have we,” asked Venus, “nothing to talk about besides?
Or what is it to us, where that night‐blind firefly hides?”

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Bola Meh-e-Kamil Ke Woh Koukab Hai Zameeni
Tum Shab Ko Namoodar Ho, Woh Din Ko Namoodar

“A star,” the Full Moon answered, “Is man, of terrene ray:
You walk the night in splendor, But so does he the day;

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Waqif Ho Agar Lazzat-e-Baidari Shab Se
Unchi Hai Surayya Se Bhi Ye Khak-e-Pur-Asrar

“Let him once learn the joy of outwatching night’s brief span—
Higher than all the Pleiades the unfathomed dust of Man!

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Aghosh Mein Iss Ki Woh Tajali Hai Ke Jis Mein
Kho Jaen Ge Aflak Ke Sub Sabit-o-Sayyar

Closed in that dust a radiance lies hidden, in whose clear light
Shall all the sky’s fixed tenures and orbits fade from sight.”