اے شمع! انتہائے فریب خیال دیکھمسجود ساکنان فلک کا مآل دیکھ

English translation

O Candle! Look at the excessive illusion of thought. Look at the end of the one worshipped by celestial denizens.*
* Creation of the visible universe was for the fulfillment of the Will of God, to exhibit his Creative Power, culminating in the creation of Man, whose climax was the specimen of what Allamah Iqbal calls Insan-i-Kamil (the Perfect Man) in the person of the Holy Prophet S.A.W. Man has lost his high status by losing Khudi.)

Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil

Word meanings

مسجود ساکنان فلک: وہ جس کو فلک پر رہنے والوں نے سجدہ کیا، یعنی انسان۔