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tire ishq ki intihaa chaahtaa huun
miri saadgi dekh kyaa chaahtaa huun
ai taair-e-laahauti us rizq se maut achchhi
jis rizq se aati ho parvaaz mein kotaahi
اے طائر لاہوتی اس رزق سے موت اچھی
جس رزق سے آتی ہو پرواز میں کوتاہی
ai tā.ir-e-lāhautī us rizq se maut achchhī
jis rizq se aatī ho parvāz meñ kotāhī

Sir Muhammad Iqbal was a philosopher, poet, and politician whose poetry revolves around self-realisation and the ideal of a perfect human being.
Sir Muhammad Iqbal was a philosopher, poet, and politician whose poetry revolves around self-realisation and the ideal of a perfect human being.
1877–1938
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miri saadgi dekh kyaa chaahtaa huun
haan dikhaa de ai tasavvur phir vo subh o shaam tu
dauD pichhe ki taraf ai gardish-e-ayyaam tu
nahin is khuli fazaa mein koi gosha-e-faraaghat
ye jahaan ajab jahaan hai na qafas na aashiyaana
nahin teraa nasheman qasr-e-sultaani ke gumbad par
tu shaahin hai baseraa kar pahaaDon ki chaTaanon mein
azaab-e-daanish-e-haazir se baa-khabar huun main
ki main is aag mein Daalaa gayaa huun misl-e-khalil
baatil se dabne vaale ai aasmaan nahin ham
sau baar kar chukaa hai tu imtihaan hamaaraa
jiinaa taDap taDap kar marnaa sisak sisak kar
fariyaad ek ji hai kyaa kyaa kharaabiyon mein
kisi ke ek ishaare mein kis ko kyaa na milaa
bashar ko ziist mili maut ko bahaana milaa
apne kaandhon pe liye phirtaa huun apni hi salib
khud miri maut kaa maatam hai mire jiine mein
vallaah in shahidon kaa meaar dekh kar
hai marg-e-shauq aur sivaa daar dekh kar
tan ko miTTi nafas ko havaa le gai
maut ko kyaa milaa maut kyaa le gai
ai hijr vaqt Tal nahin saktaa hai maut kaa
lekin ye dekhnaa hai ki miTTi kahaan ki hai