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اسیری

IMPRISONMENT

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The message of this short poem is that for a person of sterling worth even imprisonment is not an occasion for desperation and sorrow, but is an opportunity for perfection of his qualities. Perseverance is the highest virtue in this respect.

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Recited by Zia Mohiuddin · streamed from iqbal.com.pk (International Iqbal Society)

ہے اسیری اعتبار افزا جو ہو فطرت بلندقطرئہ نیساں ہے زندان صدف سے ارجمند

Hai Aseeri Atebar Afza Jo Ho Fitrat BulandQatra-e-Neesan Hai Zindan-e-Sadaf Se Arjumand

Imprisonment enhances confidence if the nature is elegantThe spring drop becomes blessed inside the shell’s prison

مشک اذفر چیز کیا ہے، اک لہو کی بوند ہےمشک بن جاتی ہے ہو کر نافہ آہو میں بند

Mushk-e-Azfar Cheez Kya Hai, Ek Lahoo Ki BoondhaiMushk Ban Jati Hai Ho Kar Nafa-e-Ahu Mein Band

The excellent musk is nothing but a drop of bloodWhich becomes musk when it is enclosed in the deer’s navel

ہر کسی کی تربیت کرتی نہیں قدرت، مگرکم ہیں وہ طائر کہ ہیں دام وقفس سے بہرہ مند

Har Kisi Ki Tarbiat Karti Nahin Qudrat, MagarKam Hain Woh Taeer Ke Hain Daam-o-Qafas Se Behramand

However, not everyone gets trained by natureOnly an odd bird is prosperous in imprisonment

شہپر زاغ و زغن در بند قید و صید نیست ''''ایں سعادت قسمت شہباز و شاہیں کردہ اند

“Sehpar-e-Zaagh-o-Zaghan Dar Band-e-Qaid-o-Said NeedsAen Saadat Qismat-e-Shahbaz-o-Shaheen Kardah And”

“Strength of crow’s and kite’s wing is not in cage and preyThis grace is reserved for the falcon and the eagle”

From Bang-e-Dara (1924) by Allama Muhammad Iqbal · verified text, Iqbal Academy Pakistan

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