بہ بحر رفتم و گفتم بہ موج بیتابیہمیشہ در طلب استی چہ مشکلی داری؟ہزار لولوی لالاست در گریبانتدرون سینہ چو من گوہر دلی داری؟تپید و از لب ساحل رمید و ہیچ نگفت

English translation

I went down to the sea, and said to the restless wave, ‘You are for ever searching – what is your trouble?
Your bag contains a thousand glowing pearls, but do you, like me, have in your breast a pearl of a heart?’ It writhed in pain and drew away from the shore. It did not say a word.

Translated by Mustansir Mir