خطاب بہ مصطفی کمال پاشا

امئی بود کہ ما از اثر حکمت اوواقف از سر نہانخانہ تقدیر شدیم

There was once an unlettered man, thanks to whose wisdom we learned all about the mysteries of human destiny.

اصل ما یک شرر باختہ رنگی بود استنظری کرد کہ خورشید جہانگیر شدیم

In origin we were nothing but a faint spark. He looked at us, and we became a world-illuminating sun.

نکتۂ عشق فرو شست ز دل پیر حرمدر جھان خوار بہ اندازۂ تقصیر شدیم

The old man of the Harem wiped the imprint of Love from his heart, and we were humbled in the world in keeping with our sin’s degree.

باد صحراست کہ با فطرت ما در سازداز نفسہای صبا غنچۂ دلگیر شدیم

It is the desert wind that suits our natural make-up. The morning breeze’s breath turned us into buds with constricted hearts.

آہ آن غلغلہ کز گنبد افلاک گذشتنالہ گردید چو پابند بم و زیر شدیم

O that tumultuous din of ours which once used to shoot up above the sky, reduced to treble and bass, became a mere lament.

اے بسا صید کہ بی دام بہ فتراک زدیمدر بغل تیر و کمان کشتۂ نخچیر شدیم

How many quarries we once caught without nets and tied to our saddle straps! But now, with bows and arrows under armpits, we ourselves became our quarries’ prey.

"ہر کجا راہ دہد اسپ، بران تاز کہ مابارہا مات درین عرصہ بتدبیر شدیم"نظیری

‘Wherever you can find a way race your horse thither, for we have been outdone many times on this maneuvering-ground.’