V-VII
His thought
thus flies with stars and moon rays,
His eye thus views beyond milky ways.
Lay thy restive heart at his fluid tune,
From his quick silver get a quick calm soon.1
1.
When you shake the thermometer the mercury settles down. It was difficult to
translate the last line of this twin couplet, for example
(I) Dami�ou his breath/say effect. (2) Rasha; a shakine; a shivering. (3)
Az; from. (4) Seemab; mercury. (5) Cheenad; chooses or takes.
If you shake a restive heart it gets content. As such the poet is seeking Rumi�s
shaking for a content, peace and tranquility. Say:-
�From his breath trembles not the quick silver thus�. His fluid tune (line 3 is
also a restive tune, sharing a grief for the mankind. Thus Iqbal�s quick silver
is a restive heart who is seeking calm from Rumi�s breath viz. Rumi�s tune and
tone (his poesy).