(Zarb-e-Kaleem-002) Nazreen Se

Nazreen Se
To Readers

Jab Tak Na Zindagi Ke Haqaeeq Pe Ho Nazar
Tera Zujaj Ho Na Sake Ga Hareef-e-Sang

Your glass can never match the stony rock,
Unless of facts with care you take the stock.

Ye Zor-e-Dast-o-Zarbat-e-Kari Ka Hai Maqam
Maidan-e-Jang Mein Na Talab Kar Nawa-e-Chang

Give proof of strength and strike a dreadful blow,
 When war is waging strains of harp forego.

Khoon-e-Dil-o-Jigar Se Hai Sarmaya-e-Hayat
Fitrat ‘Lahoo Tarang’ Hai Ghafil! Na ‘Jal Tarang’

The wealth of life is due to blood in veins,
O man remiss! love pain, shun melodious strains.