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yuuñhaathnahīñaatāvogauhar-e-yak-dāna yak-rañgī o āzādī ai himmat-e-mardāna

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yuuñhaathnahīñaatāvogauhar-e-yak-dāna

yak-rañgī o āzādī ai himmat-e-mardāna

 

O manly heart, the goal you seek is hard to gain like gem unique:

Get firm resolve and freedom true, If aim of life you wish to woo.

 

yāsanjar o tuġhralkāā.īn-e-jahāñgīrī

yāmard-e-qalandar keandāz-e-mulūkāna

 

Like Sanjar great and Tughral just to rule and conquer learn you must:

Or like a qalandar true and bold the wont and way of monarch hold.

 

yāhairat-e-‘fārābī’ yātāb-o-tab-e-‘rūmī’

yāfikr-e-hakīmānayājazb-e-kalīmāna

 

Farabi’s thirst for lore beget, or Rumi’s fever great and fret:

You need a thinker’s lofty gaze, or Moses’ passion to amaze.

 

yāaqlkīrūbāhīyāishq-e-yadul-lāhī

yāhīla-e-afrañgīyāhamla-e-turkāna

 

Learn the wolfish tricks and guile, be like Franks in wit and wile:

Else own the passion of God’s Hand, or strike the foes like Tartar band.

 

yā shar-e-musalmānīyādairkīdarbānī

yānāra-e-mastānakaabaho ki but-ḳhāna

 

Act on Muslim law and rites, or sit in fane like acolytes:

Be it the Shrine or temple high, ever like a drunkard cry.

 

miirīmeñfaqīrīmeñshāhīmeñġhulāmīmeñ

kuchhkaamnahīñbantā be-jur.at-e-rindāna

 

In whatsoever state you be, a fettered thrall or monarch free:

No wonder ever can be wrought, with Love, if courage be not fraught.

 

(Source: https://iqbalurdu.blogspot.com)