نکل کر خانقاہوں سے ادا کر رسم شببری
 

[SIZE="3"][FONT="Georgia"][I][B]Nikl Kar Khanqahon Se Ada Kar Rasm-E-Shabeeri
Ke Faqr-E-Khanqahi Hai Faqat Andoh-O-Dilgeeri[/B]

Come out of the monastery and play the role of Shabbir,
for monastery’s faqr is but grief and affliction.

[B]Tere Deen-O-Adab Se Aa Rahi Hai Boo’ay Ruhbani
Ye Hai Marne Wali Ummaton Ka Alam-E-Peeri[/B]

Thy religion and literature both smell of renunciation:
symbol of old age of dying nations.

[B]Shayateen-E-Mulookiat Ki Ankhon Mein Hai Vo Jadoo
K Khud Nakhcheer Ke Dil Mein Ho Paida Zuaq-E-Nakhcheeri[/B]

Imperialism has myriads of Satans with eyes full of magic charms
that evoke among the prey an irresistible urge to be its victim.

[B]Che Be Parwa Gazashtand Az Nawa’ay Subahgah-E-Mann
Ke Burd Aan Shor-O-Masti Az Seeh Chasmaan-E-Kashmiri ![/B]

How carelessly they passed by, with no ear to my lamentations,
The Kashmiri’s black eyes, so lacking in lustre and life, who made them so dead and mute?[/I][/FONT][/SIZE]

[SIZE="3"][B]~Iqbal[/B][/SIZE]