The Clue to Real Life & IQBAL's poetry

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apney mann mein doob ker paa ja suraagh-e-zindagee

too ager mera nahin banta na bann, apna tou bann

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take the plunge, in to your soul, and seek life.

dont be true to me; be true to your self.

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mann=heart, soul, mind. suraagh= trace, clue, seek, discover. zindagee = life.

God has given every individual has a soul, that can reason and feel whats right and whats wrong. Dont listen to what others say, listen to your self. it will guide you your way. Self-respect, originality & individualism are the only ways to a true life.

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mann ki dunia? mann ki dunia soz-o-masti, jazb-o-shauq

tann ki dunia? tann ki dunia sood-o-sauda, makr-o-fann

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The world of Soul?...its the world of agony, ecstasy, absorption and passion.

The world of Body?...its the world of profit & loss, purchase & bargain, deceit & craft.

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soz = , burning, grief, misery, suffering. masti = intoxication, ecstasy. jazb = absorption, trance, contemplation. shauq = yearning, passion

tann = body, material, carnal, temporal, mundane, profane, secular. sood = interest, advantage, profit n loss. sauda = bargain, perchase. makr = artifice, craftiness, cheating, pretence, fraud. fann = art, skill, craft.

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P.S.

The above two couplets are one of my all time favourites from Sir IQBAL's poetry. They are taken from his book "Bal-e-Jibril" (Gabriel's Wing). Actually, a few days back I heard Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan singing these verses in an old PTV concert, and it brought back all the spirit of IQBAL to me. It was wonderful!

Every time, its a rediscovery of meaning and thought. i have just translated them word to word, so that anyone can make his own understanding. There are also some links to art works here, you may find them intresting... at least i did :). I'll be posting some more of IQBAL soon. Till then, inhale!...