ADVICE
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ADVICE
One day by way of advice I said to Iqbal
Neither you fast nor are regular in prayers
You are also perfect in the ways of hypocritical people
You pine for London in the heart but you talk of Hijaz
Your lies are also based on what is expediency
The manner of your flattery also is fully miraculous
Your lecture ends on glorification of the government
Your bright thought is the inventor of methods of entreating
Officials’ doors are also like Maqam‐i‐Mahmud to you
Your designs are more interlocked than locks of Ayaz’ hair
Like other people you can also conceal
Secrets of self aggrandizement in your cloak of din’s service
You are seen in the mosque also on the Eid day
Your heart is also softened by the sermon’s effect
You practice reading country’s newspapers also
Which are obligated to sing your repute’s songs
On top of all this you can also write verse
Your poetry’s goblets are full of the wine of Shiraz
Whatever are the attributes of leaders, you have them all
Incumbent on you is rising and joining the struggle
You are not afraid of hunters, as you have wings also
Then why are you not inclined for flight?
“The end of our life is the cemetery
Presently raise tumult in the sky’s vault”
One day by way of advice I said to Iqbal
Neither you fast nor are regular in prayers
You are also perfect in the ways of hypocritical people
You pine for London in the heart but you talk of Hijaz
Your lies are also based on what is expediency
The manner of your flattery also is fully miraculous
Your lecture ends on glorification of the government
Your bright thought is the inventor of methods of entreating
Officials’ doors are also like Maqam‐i‐Mahmud to you
Your designs are more interlocked than locks of Ayaz’ hair
Like other people you can also conceal
Secrets of self aggrandizement in your cloak of din’s service
You are seen in the mosque also on the Eid day
Your heart is also softened by the sermon’s effect
You practice reading country’s newspapers also
Which are obligated to sing your repute’s songs
On top of all this you can also write verse
Your poetry’s goblets are full of the wine of Shiraz
Whatever are the attributes of leaders, you have them all
Incumbent on you is rising and joining the struggle
You are not afraid of hunters, as you have wings also
Then why are you not inclined for flight?
“The end of our life is the cemetery
Presently raise tumult in the sky’s vault”
