گل تبسم کہہ رہا تھا زندگانی کو مگرشمع بولی، گریہء غم کے سوا کچھ بھی نہیں

English translation

The flower was depicting life as a smile, but the candle said that it is no more than a cry of grief!
(Everyone perceives life according to his own lights. The flower, which is an emblem of happiness, sees life as a smile, but the candle, which is an emblem of grief; perceives it as grief.)

Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil