سخت باریک ہیں امراض امم کے اسبابکھول کر کہیے تو کرتا ہے بیاں کوتاہی
Sakht Bareek Hain Amraz-e-Umam Ke AsbabKhol Kar Kahiye To Karta Hai Byan Kotahi
The causes that make the nations sick, Are quite obscure, too vague and fine:Although some man may try his best, Yet cause in full he can’t define.
دین شیری میں غلاموں کے امام اور شیوخدیکھتے ہیں فقط اک فلسفہ روباہی
Deen-e-Sheri Mein Ghulami Ke Imam Aur ShyukhDekhte Hain Faqt Ek Falsafa-e-Rubahi
The chiefs and guides of slaves have sunk, So low that it seems so much odd:If mode of lions is presented to them, They will see naught save guile and fraud.
ہو اگر قوت فرعون کی در پردہ مریدقوم کے حق میں ہے لعنت وہ کلیم اللہی
Ho Agar Quwwat-e-Firon Ki Darparda MureedQoum Ke Haq Mein Hai Lanat Woh Kaleem-Ullahi !
If a Moses forms a secret league, With the Pharaoh of his time:For his nation such like‐Moses, Is curse, committing dreadful crime.
From Zarb-e-Kaleem (1936) by Allama Muhammad Iqbal · verified text, Iqbal Academy Pakistan
