خطاب بہ مہر عالمتاب

اے امیر خاور اے مہر منیرمی کنی ہر ذرہ را روشن ضمیر

O lord of the East, O shining Sun! Thou illuminest the heart of every mote of dust.
(Raushan zamir: One who can see into the heart of things; one whose heart is so illumined that everything can be seen in it. This is the epithet usually applied to God-intoxicated people who are credited with having the miraculous power of foreseeing and foretelling events.)

از تو این سوز و سرور اندر وجوداز تو ہر پوشیدہ را ذوق نمود

It is through thee that Being has ardour and exhilaration; it is through thee that every hidden thing desires to manifest itself.

می رود روشنتر از دست کلیمزورق زرین تو در جوی سیم

Thy golden canoe in the silvery waters moves brighter than the hand of Moses.

پرتو تو ماہ را مہتاب دادلعل را اندر دل سنگ آب داد

It is thy rays which give light to the Moon, and provide sustenance to the ruby within the heart of the stone.

لالہ را سوز درون از فیض تستدر رگ او موج خون از فیض تست

The inner burning of the tulip and the coursing of blood in its veins are the result of thy bounty.

نرگسان صد پردہ را بر می دردتا نصیبی از شعاع تو برد

The narcissus tears away hundreds of veils to catch a glimpse of thy ray.

خوش بیا صبح مراد آوردہ ئیہر شجر را نخل سینا کردہ ئی

Welcome, with thee comes the morning of our heart’s desire, thou hast transformed every tree into the Burning Bush of Mount Sina’i.

تو فروغ صبح و من پایان روزدر ضمیر من چراغی بر فروز

Thou art the beginning of the morning while I am at the end of my days; light a lamp in my heart.

تیرہ خاکم را سراپا نور کندر تجلی ہای خود مستور کن

Illumine my dark earth from head to foot; cover me up in thy illuminations.

تا بروز آرم شب افکار شرقبر فروزم سینۂ احرار شرق

That I may bring the light of the day to the night of the Orient’s thought; brighten up the heart of the free men of the Orient.

از نوائی پختہ سازم خام راگردش دیگر دہم ایام را

Give maturity to the inexperienced through my songs, and give a new turn to the events of the world.

فکر شرق آزاد گردد از فرنگاز سرود من بگیرد آب و رنگ

Thus may the thought of the Orient free itself from the Franks and gain lustre through my songs.

زندگی از گرمی ذکر است و بسحریت از عفت فکر است و بس

Life comes not but through dhikr (meditation); (true) independence comes not but through purity of thought.

چون شود اندیشۂ قومی خرابناسرہ گردد بدستش سیم ناب

When the thought of a people becomes corrupt, then in their hands pure silver turns into base metal.

میرد اندر سینہ اش قلب سلیمدر نگاہ او کج آید مستقیم

The pure heart dies in their breast, and to their eyes the crooked appears straight.

بر کران از حرب و ضرب کائناتچشم او اندر سکون بیند حیات

From the battlefield of life they keep themselves safely away; for them life resides only in the stationary.

موج از دریاش کم گردد بلندگوہر او چون خزف نا ارجمند

Seldom do waves arise from their ocean; their pearls are as worthless as pieces of clay.

پس نخستین بایدش تطہیر فکربعد از آن آسان شود تعمیر فکر

It is therefore necessary that their thought should first be purified (of all dross); reconstruction of thought would then be easy for them.