(Zarb-e-Kaleem-129) Subah-e-Chaman

Subah-e-Chaman
Dawn In The Garden

Phool
Flower

Shaid Tu Samajhti Thi Watan Door Hai Mera
Ae Qasid-e-Aflaak! Nahin, Door Nahin Hai

Perhaps you fancied My land is far off,
Sky‐herald! No, it is not far.

Shabnam
Dew

Hota Hai Magar Mehnat-e-Parwaz Se Roshan
Ye Nukta Ke Gurdoon Se Zameen Door Nahin Hai

But only laboring wings
Prove earth not far from heaven!

Subah
Dawn

Manind-e-Sahar Sehan-e-Gulistan Mein Qadam Rakh
Aye Teh-e-Paa Gohar-e-Shabnam Tou Na Tootte

Softly as morning, Enter this garden.
Not trampling its dewdrop pearls,

Ho Koh-o-Byaban Se Hum-Aghosh, Walekin
Hathon Se Tere Daman-e-Aflaak Na Choote!

Clasp hill and desert, yet still
Catch in your hands the sky’s robe.