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انسان

MANKIND

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This short poem is an eloquent but sad commentary on the status of Man as it stands at present. All creation in the universe is bound by the laws of its Creator and is busy in the performance of the tasks assigned to it.

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

قدرت کا عجیب یہ ستم ہے!انسان کو راز جو بنایا

Qudrat Ka Ajeeb Ye Sitam Hai!Insan Ko Raaz Jo Banaya

What an ingenious tyranny of Nature it is!Man has been made a seeker of the Secret

راز اس کی نگاہ سے چھپایابے تاب ہے ذوق آگہی کا

Raaz Uss Ki Nigah Se ChupayaBe-Taab Hai Zauq Aaghi Ka

The Secret has been concealed from his eyesThe taste for awareness is restless

کھلتا نہیں بھید زندگی کاحیرت آغاز و انتہا ہے

Khulta Nahin Bhaid Zindagi KaHairat Aaghaz-o-Intiha Hai

The secret of life is not un‑raveledAmazing is the alpha and omega of life

آئینے کے گھر میں اور کیا ہےہے گرم خرام موج دریا

Aaeene Ke Ghar Mein Aur Kya HaiHai Garm-e-Kharaam Mouj-e-Darya

What else is there in the mirror's house?The river stream is moving fast

دریا سوئے سجر جادہ پیمابادل کو ہوا اڑا رہی ہے

Darya Sooye Behr Jadah PemaBadal Ko Hawa Urha Rahi Hai

The river is moving towards the oceanThe wind is blowing the cloud

شانوں پہ اٹھائے لا رہی ہےتارے مست شراب تقدیر

Shanon Pe Uthaye La Rahi HaiTaare Mast-e-Sharab-e-Taqdeer

Is bringing the cloud on its shouldersStars are intoxicated with destiny's wine

زندان فلک میں پا بہ زنجیرخورشید، وہ عابد سحر خیز

Zindan-e-Falak Mein Pa Ba ZanjeerKhursheed, Woh Abid-e-Sehar Khaiz

They are chained in the prison of the skyThe sun, that early rising devotee

لانے والا پیام بر خیزمغرب کی پہاڑیوں میں چھپ کر

Lane Wala Pyam-e-‘Barkhaiz’Magrib Ki Pahariyon Mein Chup Kar

That carrier of the message of "rise"Concealed in the hills of the west

پیتا ہے مے شفق کا ساغرلذت گیر وجود ہر شے

Peeta Hai Mai-e-Shafaq Ka SagharLazzat Geer-e-Wujood Harshay

Is drinking wine in twilight's gobletEverything is enjoying its existence

سر مست مے نمود ہر شےکوئی نہیں غم گسار انساں

Sarmast-e-Mai-e-Namood Har ShayKoi Nahin Gham Gusaar-e-Insaar

It is intoxicated with manifestation's wineNone is sympathetic with Man!

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

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