زمانے کی یہ گردش جاودانہحقیقت ایک تو، باقی فسانہ
Zamane Ki Ye Gardish JavidanaHaqiqat Aik Tu, Baqi Fasana
The movement of days and nights is eternal, fast;No one has seen the future or the past;
کسی نے دوش دیکھا ہے نہ فردافقط امروز ہے تیرا زمانہ
Kisi Ne Dosh Dekha Hai Na FardaFaqt Amroz Hai Tera Zamana
Thou art the only fact, the rest is fiction;The present is the only time thou hast.
From Bal-e-Jibril (1935) by Allama Muhammad Iqbal · verified text, Iqbal Academy Pakistan
