samaa saktaa nahin pahnaa e fitrat men miraa sauda
— Allama Iqbal
Samaa saktaa naheen pahnaa-e-fitrat men miraa sauda
Ghalat thaa ai junoon shaayad tiraa andaaza-e-sahraa
Khudee se is tilism-e-rang-o-boo ko toD sakte hain
Yahee tauheed thee jis ko na too samjhaa na main samjhaa
Nigah paidaa kar ai ghaafil tajallee ain-e-fitrat hai
Ki apnee mauj se begaana rah saktaa naheen Dariya
Raqaabat 'ilm o 'irfaan men ghalat-beenee hai mimbar kee
Ki wo hallaaj kee suulee ko samjhaa hai raqeeb apna
Khuda ke paak bandon ko hukoomat men ghulaamee men
Zirah koee agar mahfooz rakhtee hai to istighnaa
Na kar taqleed ai jibreel mere jazb-o-mastee kee
Tan-aasaan arshiyon ko zikr o tasbeeh o tavaaf aulaa
Bahut dekhe hain main ne mashriq o maghrib ke mai-khaane
Yahaan saaqee naheen paidaa vahaan be-zauq hai sahbaa
Na eeraan men rahe baaqee na tooraan men rahe baaqee
Wo bande faqr thaa jin kaa halaak-e-qaisar-o-kisraa
Yahee shaikh-e-haram hai jo churaa kar bech khaataa hai
Galeem-e-boozar o dalq-e-uves o chaadar-e-zahraa
Huzoor-e-haq men israafeel ne meree shikaayat kee
Ye banda vaqt se pahle qayaamat kar na de barpaa
Nidaa aa.ee ki aashob-e-qayaamat se ye kya kam hai
Girafta cheeniyaan ehraam o makkee khufta dar bat.haa
Labaalab sheesha-e-tahzeeb-e-haazir hai mai-e-laa se
Magar saaqee ke haathon men naheen paimaana-e-illaa
Dabaa rakkhaa hai is ko zakhma-var kee tez-dastee ne
Bahut neeche suron men hai abhee europe kaa vaavailaa
Isee Dariya se uThtee hai wo mauj-e-tund-jaulaan bhee
Nahangon ke nasheman jis se hote hain tah-o-baalaa
Ghulaamee kya hai zauq-e-husn-o-zebaa.ee se mahroomee
Jise zebaa kahen aazaad bande hai vahee zebaa
Bharosaa kar naheen sakte ghulaamon kee baseerat par
Ki Dunya men faqat mardaan-e-hur kee aankh hai biinaa
Vahee hai saahib-e-imroz jis ne apnee himmat se
Zamaane ke samundar se nikaalaa gauhar-e-fardaa
Farangee sheeshagar ke fan se patthar ho ga.e paanee
Miree ikseer ne sheeshe ko bakhshee sakhtee-e-khaaraa
Rahe hain aur hain fir.aun meree ghaat men ab tak
Magar kya gham ki meree aasteen men hai yad-e-baizaa
Wo chingaaree khas-o-khaashaak se kis tarah dab jaa.e
Jise haq ne kiyaa ho neestaan ke vaaste paidaa
Mohabbat kheshtan biinee mohabbat kheshtan daaree
Mohabbat aastaan-e-qaisar-o-kisraa se be-parvaa
'ajab kya gar mah o parveen mire nakhcheer ho jaa.en
Ki bar fitraak-e-saahib daulat-e-bastam sar-e-khud raa
Wo daana-e-subul khatmur-rusul maulaa-e-kul jis ne
Ghubaar-e-raah ko bakhshaa farogh-e-vaadee-e-seenaa
Nigaah-e-ishq o mastee men vahee avval vahee aakhir
Vahee qur.aan vahee furqaan vahee yaaseen vahee taahaa
'sanaa.ee' ke adab se main ne ghavvaasee na kee varna
Abhee is bahr men baaqee hain laakhon loolu-e-laalaa