Armaghan-e-Hijaz: 3<br /><br />Tasveer-o-Musawwir<br />PAINTING AND THE PAINTER<br /><br />Tasveer<br />PAINTING<br /><br />Kaha Tasveer Ne Tasweer Gar Se<br />Numaish Hai Meri Tere Hunar Se<br /><br />Said the portrait to its Painter:<br />"My manifestation attests to Thine unbounded Skill"<br /><br />Wa Lekin Kis Qaddar Na-Munsafi Hai<br />Ke Tu Poshida Ho Meri Nazar Se!<br /><br />And yet what a violation of justice it is that <br />You should remain hid from my sight<br /><br />Musawwir<br />THE PAINTER <br /><br />Giraan Hai Chashm-E-Bina Didah Wer Par<br />Jahan Beeni Se Kya Guzri Sharar Par!<br /><br />The vision endowed to those that observe find it oppressive:<br />See for yourself how the spark burnt itself out when it saw the world!<br /><br />Nazar Dard-o-Gham-o-Souz-o-Tab-o-Taab<br />Tu Ae Nadan, Qana’at Kar Khabar Par<br /><br />What aught is sight but sadness, gloom, feverishness and self‐torment:<br />Rest, or you ignorant (of the mysteries), upon report.<br /><br />Tasveer<br />THE PORTRAIT <br /><br />Khabar, Aqal-o-Khirad Ki Natawani<br />Nazar, Dil Ki Hayat Javedani<br /><br />What aught is report but the impotence of ratiocination and wisdom?<br />Vision is the eternal springtide of life.<br /><br />Nahin Hai Iss Zamane Ki Tag-o-Taaz<br />Sazawar-e-Hadees-e-'Lan Tarani'<br /><br />The hustle and the bustle of the present age does not permit one <br />To express oneself melodiously.<br /><br />Musawwir<br />THE PAINTER<br /><br />Tu Hai Mere Kamalat-e-Hunar Se<br />Na Ho Naumeed Apne Naqsh Gar Se<br /><br />You do exist because the Perfection of My Art.<br />Do not, then, feel cast out in disappointment with Him that has drawn you<br /><br />Mere Didar Ki Hai Ek Yehi Shart<br />Ke Tu Pinhan Na Ho Apni Nazar Se<br /><br />I only put one condition if you wish to see Me:<br />Never disappear from thine own sight.<br /><br /> Hashtags<br /><br />#allamaiqbal<br />#allamaiqbalpoetry<br />#urduadab<br />#iqbaliyat<br />#urdushayari<br />#urdupoetry<br />#urdustatus
