(Zarb-e-Kaleem-020) Azadi-e-Shamsheer Ke Ilan Par

Azadi-e-Shamsheer Ke Alan Par
Written On The Occasion Of The British Governmentʹs Permission To Keep Sword 

Socha Bhi Hai Ae Mard-e-Musalman Kabhi Tu Ne
Kya Cheez Hai Foulad Ki Shamsheer-e-Jigar Dar

O Muslim, did you ever think or feel
What is meant by piercing sword of steel?

Uss Bait Ka Ye Misra-e-Awwal Hai Ke Jis Mein
Poshida Chale Ate Hain Touheed Ke Asrar

It is the first hemistich of this verse
That Godʹs Oneness shows in form so terse.

Hai Fikr Mujhe Misra-e-Sani Ki Ziada
Allah Kare Tujh Ko Atta Faqr Ki Talwar

My anxiety for the second half is greater though,
May God the sword of faqr on you bestow

Qabze Mein Ye Talwar Aa Jaye To Momin
Ya Khalid (R.A.) Janbaz Hai Ya Haidar-e-Karar (R.A.)

If Muslim true can get this sword in hold
He is Ali the Lion of God, or Khalid bold.