Classical · 1877–1938 · Sialkot – Lahore
Sir Muhammad Iqbal, known as Allama Iqbal, was a poet, philosopher and thinker whose Urdu and Persian poetry is among the most influential of the modern era. His concept of khudi (selfhood) and his lyrical address to the subcontinent shaped both literature and political thought in the early twentieth century.
jo mein sar b sajda hua kabhi toh zamin se aane lagi sada
tira dil toh hai sanam aashna tujhe kya mile ga namaaz mein
kabhi jo aawaara-e junoon the wo bastiyon mein phir aa basin ge
barahna paai wahi rahe gi magar naya khaar zaar hoga
suna diya gosh muntazir ko hijaaz ki khaamushi ne aakhir
jo ahad sahraayeewan se baandha gaya tha phir ustuwaar hoga
dayaar maghrib ke rahne waalo khuda ki basti dukan nahi hai
khara jise tum samajh rahe ho wo ab zar kam ayyaar hoga
kaha jo qumri se mein ne ik din yahan ke aazaad pa b gul hain
toh ghunche kahne lage hamare chaman ka ye raazdaar hoga
na poochh iqubaal ka thikaana abhi wahi kaifiyat hai us ki
kahin sar rah guzaar baitha sitam kash intizaar hoga
hijaab ikseer hai aawaara-e koo mohabbat ko
miri aatish ko bhadkaati hai teri der peewandi
ye feezaan nazar tha yaa ki maktab ki karaamat thi
sakhaaye kis ne asmaaeel ko aadaab farzandi
miri mashaatgi ki kya zaroorat husn mani ko
ki fitrat khud b khud karti hai laale ki hina bandi
sanam kada hai jahan aur mard haque hai khaleel
ye nukta wo hai ki posheeda la ilaah mein hai
mire kado ko ghaneemat samajh ki baada-e naab
na madarse mein hai baaqui na khaanquah mein hai
ye bandagi khudaai wo bandagi gadaai
yaa bandaa-e khuda ban yaa bandaa-e zamaana
raaz haram se shaayad iqubaal baakhbar hai
hain us ki guftugoo ke andaaz maharmaana
mujhe aah w fughaan neem shab ka phir payaam aaya
tham ai rah ro ki shaayad phir koi mushkil maquam aaya
diya iqubaal ne handi masalmaanon ko soz apna
ye ik mard tan aasan tha tan aasaanon ke kaam aaya
asi iqubaal ki mein justujoo karta raha barson
badi muddat ke baad aakhir wo shaahin zer daam aaya
peer haram ne kaha sun ke meri rweedaad
pukhta hai teri fughan ab na use dil mein thaam
garche hai ifsha raaz ahal nazar ki fughan
ho nahi sakta kabhi shewa-e rindaana aam
halqua-e soofi mein zikr be nam w be soz w saaz
mein bhi raha tishna kaam toh bhi raha tishna kaam
ishq tiri intiha ishq miri intiha
toh bhi abhi naa tamaam mein bhi abhi naa tamaam