Iqbal's message to the youth of Indian subcontinent which still applies to us today. We are the future of Pakistan and if we don't anything for it then no one will...
Sitaron sai agay jahan aur bhee hain
Abhi ishq kai imtehan aur bhee hain
Tahi zindagi sai nahi yeh fizaain
Yahaan sainkron karavaan aur bhee hain
Qana-at na kar aalam-e-rang-o-boo par
Chaman aur bhee Aashyaan aur bhee hain
Agar kho gaya aik nashaiman tau kia gham
Muqamaat-aah-o-faghan aur bhee hain
Tu Shaheen hai parvaaz hai kaam tera
Teray samnay aasmaan aur bhee hain
Isi roz-o-shab main ulajh kar naa reh ja
keh teray zamaan-o-makaan aur bhee hain
Gay din keh tanha tha main anjaman main
Yahaan ab meray raazdan aur bhee hain
English Translation
Beyond the stars are yet other worlds:
There are yet more trials of love ahead!
These extensive vistas do not exist in the void of lower life:
There are hundreds of other caravans here!
Do not lose yourself by being enmeshed in this day and night (i.e. in serial time):
You have yet another Time (as pure Duration) and yet other spaces (to conquer)!
Do not be content with this world of colour and scent:
There are yet other gardens; other nests!
You are the royal falcon; soaring is your pursuit:
Before you are yet other firmaments (to soar up to)!
Why grieve if this one nest be lost?
There are yet more places for clamor and complaint!
The days are gone when I was alone in thin gathering:
Now here I have confidants as well!
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