insān
Published in bāñg-e darā (The Sound of the Bell) (1924).
From: kulliyāt-e iqbāl urdū (Lahore: Shaikh Ghulam 'Ali and Sons Publishers, 1973 (and later reprints), *pp. 126-27*
Notice the spatial layout of the lines on the page, which I can't easily reproduce.
a nazm; *meter*: = = - / - = - = / - = =
(the third and fourth syllables may be replaced by one long)
Urdu spellings reflect adjustments made for the sake of the meter.
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Here's *a serial glossary*.
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1) this is a strange cruelty
of nature! |
qudrat
kā ʿajīb yih sitam hai ! |
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| 2) it made man a secret-seeker |
insān
ko rāz-jū banāyā |
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3) it hid the secret from
his gaze |
rāz
us kī nigāh se chhupāyā |
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4) the relish of awareness
is restless |
betāb
hai żauq āgahī kā |
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5) the mystery of life does
not become revealed |
khultā
nahīñ bhed zindagī kā |
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6) amazement is the beginning
and the consummation |
ḥairat
āġhāz-o-intihā hai |
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7) in the mirror-house, what
else is there? |
āʾīne
ke ghar meñ aur kyā hai ? |
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8) the wave of the river
is eager to move |
hai
garm-e ḳhirām mauj-e daryā |
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9) the river is on the road
toward the ocean |
daryā
sū-e baḥr jādah-pemā |
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10) the wind is carrying
the cloud away |
bādal
ko havā uṛā rahī hai |
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11) it is bearing it on its
shoulders |
shānoñ
pah uṭhāʾe lā rahī hai |
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12) the stars are intoxicated
with the wine of destiny |
tāre
mast-e sharāb-e taqdīr |
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13) in the prison of the
sky, with feet chained |
zindān-e
falak meñ pā bazanjīr |
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14) the sun, that dawn-creating
worshipper |
ḳhvurshīd
, vuh ʿābid-e saḥar-ḳhez |
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15) is about to bring the
message, "arise" = The quotation marks, like other punctuation marks in the Urdu, are supplied by Iqbal himself |
lāne-vālā
payām-e " bar-ḳhez " |
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16) having hidden itself
in the hills of the west |
maġhrib
kī pahāṛiyoñ meñ chhup kar |
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17) it drinks the cup of
the wine of sunset |
pītā
hai may-e shafaq kā sāġhar |
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18) everything seizes the
relish of existence |
lażżat-gīr-e
vujūd har shay |
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19) everything is intoxicated
with the wine of presence |
sar-mast-e
may-e numūd har shay |
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20) there's no sympathizer
for man |
koʾī
nahīñ ġham-gusār-e insāñ ! |
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21) how bitter is the livelihood
of man! |
kyā
talḳh hai rozgār-e insāñ ! |
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