Ode To Self-Realisation ( Iqbal's Ghazal )

                          Ode To Self-realisation

                      Iqbal ( 1877 – 1938 )’s Ghazal

When devotion to Divinity teaches manners of self-realisation,

Slaves learn discipline of becoming sovereign,

Whether it is Attar, Roomi, Razi or Ghazali,

Nothing comes to hand without the pre-dawn lamentation,

Don’t get disappointed of them O the wise leader!

Though less responsive, but the devotees are not without passion,

O the mystical falcon! Death is preferable to the sustenance,

That which causes indiscretion of thy mind-soul,

That destitute person is better than Alexander and Darius,

Whose destitution has the tinge of Ali’s piousness,

Discipline of the men of might is truthfulness and audacity,

The lions of Allah do not profess fox-like policy.

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