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اس دشتِ جگر تاب کی خاموش فضا میں
فطرت نے فقط ریت کے ٹیلے کیے تعمیر
Is dasht-e-jigar-tab ki khamosh faza mein
Fitrat ne faqat ret ke teele kiye tamir
اَہرام کی عظمت سے نگُوں سار ہیں افلاک
کس ہاتھ نے کھینچی اَبدِیّت کی یہ تصویر!
Ahram ki azmat se nigunsar hain aflak
Kis hath ne khenchi abadiyyat ki ye tasvir!
فطرت کی غلامی سے کر آزاد ہُنَر کو
صیّاد ہیں مردانِ ہُنر مند کہ نخچیر!
Fitrat ki ghulami se kar azad hunar ko
Sayyad hain mardan-e-hunar-mand ke nakhchir!
Source: Zarb-e-Kalim (1936) — section Adabiyat-o-Funun-e-Latifa, nazm
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"The Pyramids of Egypt": three couplets. In the silent, scorching desert nature built only mounds of sand, yet the skies bow before the grandeur of the pyramids: whose hand drew this picture of eternity? Free art from slavery to nature; men of skill are hunters, not the hunted.
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