Khaam hai jab tak kay hai mitti ka ek anbaar tu
Pukhtaa ho jaaey toe hai shamsheer-e-bay-zanhaar tu

Ho sadaqat kay liyay jis dil main marnay kee tadap
Pehlay apnay paikar-e-khakee main jaan paida karey

Phoonk daalay yeh zameen-o-aasman-e-musta’ar
Aur khakastar say phir apna jahan paida karey’


Translation.

‘Imperfect are you, if still a lump of clay
And if hardened, a mortal sword

The heart that desires martyrdom for the Truth
Let him first strengthen his earthly form

Let him destroy this borrowed Earth and Heaven
And from the ashes, fashion a new world’

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Faith is the bird that sings when the dawn is still dark.