ajab vaa_iz kii diin-daarii hai yaa rab
Sir Mohammed Iqbal
ajab vaa_iz kii diin-daarii hai yaa rab
adaavat hai ise saare jahaa.N se
[vaa_iz=preacher/learned man; diin-daarii=religious preachings]
[adaavat=enmity]
ko_ii ab tak na ye samajhaa ki i.nsaa.N
kahaa.N jaataa hai aataa hai kahaa.N se
vahii.n se raat ko zulmat milii hai
chamak taaro.n ne paa_ii hai jahaa.N se
[zulmat=darkness]
ham apanii dard-ma.ndii kaa fasaanaa
sunaa karate hai.n apane raazadaa.N se
ba.Dii baariik hai.n vaa_iz kii chaale.n
laraz jaataa hai aavaaz-e-azaa.N se
[baariik=minute/ extremely small; laraz=waver]
[aavaaz-e-azaa.N=call for prayer/namaaz]