ہے ہزاروں قافلوں سے آشنا یہ رہ گزرچشم کوہ نور نے دیکھے ہیں کتنے تاجور

English translation

This highway is acquainted with thousands of caravans. Koh-i-Noor’s eye is familiar with innumerable kings.
(Koh-i-Noor: This was the diamond in the crown of Shahjahan (the Mughal Emperor who ruled from 1627 to 1657, which was the period of the highest glory of the Mughal Empire). This verse alludes to the many kings who used the Koh-i-Noor in their crowns. These included the successors of Shahjahan till the attack of Nadir Shah in 1756 when he took it to Iran. It was taken from Iran by the British after one of the battles with Iran in the 19th century and since then is included in the jewels of the British crown.)

Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil