Meg Index | March 2001 Index

Date: 23-Mar-2001
Poet: Sir Mohammed Iqbal


lab pe aatii hai duaa banake tamannaa merii 
zindagii shammaa kii surat ho Khudaayaa merii 
duur duniyaa kaa mere dam se a.Ndheraa ho jaaye 
har jagah mere chamakane se ujaalaa ho jaaye 
ho mere dam se yuu.N hii mere vatan kii ziinat 
jis tarah phuul se hotii hai chaman kii ziinat 
zindagii ho merii paravaane kii surat yaa rab 
ilm kii shammaa se ho mujh ko muhabbat yaa rab 
ho meraa kaam Gariibo.n kii himaayat karanaa 
dard_mando.n se za_iifo.n se muhabbat karanaa 
mere allaah buraa_ii se bachaanaa mujh ko 
nek jo raah ho us raah pe chalaanaa mujh ko 

[ziinat = decoration/enhancing the beauty of; ilm = knowledge]
[himaayat = sympathize; za_iif = old/infirm/weak]