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Advice |
One day by way of advice I said to Iqbal
Neither you fast nor are regular in prayers |
You are also perfect in the ways of hypocritical people
You pine for London in the heart but you talk of Hijaz |
Your lies are also based on what is expediency
The manner of your flattery also is fully miraculous |
Your lecture ends on glorification of the government
Your bright thought is the inventor of methods of entreating |
Officials’ doors are also like Maqam-i-Mahmud to you
Your designs are more interlocked than locks of Ayaz’ hair |
Like other people you can also conceal
Secrets of self aggrandizement in your cloak of din’s service |
You are seen in the mosque also on the Eid day
Your heart is also softened by the sermon’s effect |
You practice reading country’s newspapers also
Which are obligated to sing your repute’s songs |
On top of all this you can also write verse
Your poetry’s goblets are full of the wine of Shiraz |
Whatever are the attributes of leaders, you have them all
Incumbent on you is rising and joining the struggle |
You are not afraid of hunters, as you have wings also
Then why are you not inclined for flight? |
“The end of our life is the cemetery
Presently raise tumult in the sky’s vault” |
Translated by: M.A.K. Khalil |
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