insaan
Published in baa;Ng-e daraa (The Sound of the Bell) (1924).
From: kulliyaat-e iqbaal urduu (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.
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(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
kaa ((ajiib yih sitam hai ! |
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| 2) it made man a secret-seeker |
insaan
ko raaz-juu banaayaa |
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3) it hid the secret from
his gaze |
raaz
us kii nigaah se chhupaayaa |
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4) the relish of awareness
is restless |
betaab
hai ;zauq aagahii kaa |
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5) the mystery of life does
not become revealed |
khultaa
nahii;N bhed zindagii kaa |
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6) amazement is the beginning
and the consummation |
;hairat
aa;Gaaz-o-intihaa hai |
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7) in the mirror-house, what
else is there? |
aa))iine
ke ghar me;N aur kyaa hai ? |
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8) the wave of the river
is eager to move |
hai
garm-e ;xiraam mauj-e daryaa |
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9) the river is on the road
toward the ocean |
daryaa
suu-e ba;hr jaadah-pemaa |
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10) the wind is carrying
the cloud away |
baadal
ko havaa u;Raa rahii hai |
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11) it is bearing it on its
shoulders |
shaano;N
pah u;Thaa))e laa rahii hai |
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12) the stars are intoxicated
with the wine of destiny |
taare
mast-e sharaab-e taqdiir |
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13) in the prison of the
sky, with feet chained |
zindaan-e
falak me;N paa bazanjiir |
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14) the sun, that dawn-creating
worshipper |
;xvurshiid
, vuh ((aabid-e sa;har-;xez |
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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 |
laane-vaalaa
payaam-e " bar-;xez " |
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16) having hidden itself
in the hills of the west |
ma;Grib
kii pahaa;Riyo;N me;N chhup kar |
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17) it drinks the cup of
the wine of sunset |
piitaa
hai may-e shafaq kaa saa;Gar |
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18) everything seizes the
relish of existence |
la;z;zat-giir-e
vujuud har shay |
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19) everything is intoxicated
with the wine of presence |
sar-mast-e
may-e numuud har shay |
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20) there's no sympathizer
for man |
ko))ii
nahii;N ;Gam-gusaar-e insaa;N ! |
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21) how bitter is the livelihood
of man! |
kyaa
tal;x hai rozgaar-e insaa;N ! |
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