XI-LXVIII

In a gathering see my flute’s tones sweet,
And self-melting phase¹ in a lone retreat.
I learnt the Faqr’s’² path from fore-father’s trait,
To care not ever for any king great.³

1.         Phase state.
2.         ‘faqr’; content.
3.         ‘Nukta-i.faqr’ as used by Iqbal means witty saying; anecdote.