Shayari
Khudi ko kar buland itna ke har taqdeer se pehle
Khuda bande se khud pooche, bata teri raza kya hai
zamāna aql ko samjhā huā hai mish.al-e-rāh
kise ḳhabar ki junūñ bhī hai sāhib-e-idrāk

Sir Muhammad Iqbal was a philosopher, poet, and politician whose poetry revolves around self-realisation and the ideal of a perfect human being.
Khudi ko kar buland itna ke har taqdeer se pehle
Khuda bande se khud pooche, bata teri raza kya hai
saare jahāñ se achchhā hindostāñ hamārā
ham bulbuleñ haiñ is kī ye gulsitāñ hamārā
vatan kī fikr kar nādāñ musībat aane vaalī hai
tirī barbādiyoñ ke mashvare haiñ āsmānoñ meñ
ye jannat mubārak rahe zāhidoñ ko
ki maiñ aap kā sāmnā chāhtā huuñ
andāz-e-bayāñ garche bahut shoḳh nahīñ hai
shāyad ki utar jaa.e tire dil meñ mirī baat
sau sau umīdeñ bañdhtī hai ik ik nigāh par
mujh ko na aise pyaar se dekhā kare koī
vo na aa.egā hameñ ma.alūm thā is shaam bhī
intizār us kā magar kuchh soch kar karte rahe
ye ham jo peT se hī sochte haiñ shaam o sahar
kabhī to jā.eñge is dāl-bhāt se aage
qatra apnā bhī haqīqat meñ hai dariyā lekin
ham ko taqlīd-e-tunuk-zarfi-e-mansūr nahīñ
maktab-e-ishq kā moallim huuñ
kyuuñ na ho.e dars-e-yār kī takrār
sunā hai vo mire baare meñ sochtā hai bahut
ḳhabar to hai hī magar mo'tabar zyāda nahīñ
soch ko jur.at-e-parvāz to mil lene do
ye zamīñ aur hameñ tañg dikhā.ī degī