• Hum se pehlay tha ajab terey jahan ka manzar
  • Kahin masjood they puthar, kaheen mahbood shajar
  • Khogar-e-paikar-e-mahsoos thi insaan ki nazar
  • Manta phir koi un dekhey Khodaa ko kyoon kar?
  • Tuj ko maaloom hai laita tha koi naam tera?
  • Kuwat-e-bazooi muslim ne kya kaam tera!

English Translation


  • Strange indeed the spectacle Thy world supplied before our days,
  • Here men bowed them down to stones, there paid reverence to trees;
  • Only to the visual image was attuned the human gaze -
  • How could hearts adore a God no eye percipient may seize?
  • Well Thou knowest, was there any anywhere to name Thy name?
  • By the Muslim's strong right arm Thy purpose to fulfillment came.