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عشق اب پیرویٔ عقل خدا داد کرے
آبرو کوچۂ جاناں میں نہ برباد کرے
Ishq ab pairavi-e-aql-e-khuda-dad kare
Aabru kucha-e-janan mein na barbad kare
کہنہ پیکر میں نئی روح کو آباد کرے
یا کہن روح کو تقلید سے آزاد کرے
Kuhna paikar mein nai ruh ko aabad kare
Ya kuhan ruh ko taqlid se aazad kare
Source: Zarb-e-Kalim (1936), section "Adabiyat-o-Funun-e-Latifa" — four lines on one rhyme
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Four lines titled "Literature". Love, the poet says, should now follow God-given reason and not squander its honour in the beloved's lane; literature should either bring a new soul into an old body or free the old soul from blind imitation.
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