The Heart and soul of iqbal

Those who pounced upon with the eaglish splendor, were found wingless without plumage. The stars of evening sank in the blood of the sunset but rose again. Those who masterly…

As the star of your destiny started shining, You were picked up and brought from Abyssinia to Hijaz* Your desolate heart then gleamed with life and your slavery became more…

When flowers' bookshop opened in the garden, Mullah's bookish knowledge lost all value. The spring breeze was exhilarating, poise-breaking, the old man of Indrab burst into ghazal-singing. The tulip, of…

Though reason to the portal guide, yet entry to it is denied. Beg God to grant a lighted heart, For light and sight are things apart. Though knowledge lends to…

Many more worlds exist beyond the stars, Many more are the trials in love to overcome (Never you think) these skies are devoid of life, For there do tread hundreds…

Oh Saaqi!                                                          …

Through Love the song of Life begets its rhythmic flow. From Love the shapes of clay derive an endless glow. Love makes its way to every tissue in human flesh,…

When faith is born in these embers of ashes, It takes up the wings of the holy spirit Gabriel An enslaved mind is unworthy of the sword or the strategy,…

Pathos of Love O Pathos of Love! You are a luminant pearl. Beware, you are not to be revealed to those ignorant of your worth You are rightly hidden under…

Once again mountains and valleys are with poppy's lamp bright, Once again in my heart the nightingale has set new songs alight; Flowers in the wild like fairies in the…