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آن سخت کوش چیست کہ گیرد ز سنگ آبمحتاج خضر مثل سکندر نمی شود

Name that very keen contender which draws luster just like water from a stone, but which, unlike Alexander, does not owe it to a Khizr as a boon.

مثل نگاہ دیدۂ نمناک پاک رودر جوی آب و دامن او تر نمی شود

And which, like a tear-washed vision, purified by that ablution, is agleam, neat and clean and clear and limpid, with its raiment quite unwetted in midstream.

مضمون او بہ مصرع برجستہ ئی تماممنت پذیر مصرع دیگر نمی شود

Its theme needs no longer statement than a single line, if trenchant.