(Zarb-e-Kaleem-191) Jo Alam-e-Ejad Mein Hai Sahib-e-Ejad

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Jo Alam-e-Ijad Mein Hai Sahib-e-Ijad
Har Dour Mein Karta Hai Tawaaf Iss Ka Zamana

He who creates in this world of Becoming,
Time revolves around him in all ages.

Taqleed Se Nakara Na Kar Apni Khudi Ko
Kar Iss Ki Hifazat Ke Ye Gohar Hai Yagana

Don’t spoil your khudi through imitation of others,
Protect it, for it is of incomparable worth.

Uss Qoum Ko Tajdeed Ka Paigham Mubarik !
Hai Jis Ke Tasawwar Mein Faqt Bazm-e-Shabana

May the message of modernism be auspicious for the people
Whose mental horizon does not go beyond nightly revelries.

Lekin Mujhe Dar Hai Ke Ye Awaza-e-Tajdeed
Mashriq Mein Hai Taqleed-e-Farangi Ka Bahana

But I fear this cry for modernism
Becomes a cover for Frankish imitation.