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ایک بحری قزاّق اور سکندر Ek Bahri Qazzaq aur Sikandar

Nazm by Allama Muhammad Iqbal علامہ محمد اقبال (1877–1938) · 3 verses

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صلہ تیرا تری زنجیر یا شمشیر ہے میری

کہ تیری رہزنی سے تنگ ہے دریا کی پہنائی!

Sila tera teri zanjeer ya shamsheer hai meri

Ke teri rahzani se tang hai darya ki pehnai!

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سکندر! حیف، تُو اس کو جواں مردی سمجھتا ہے

گوارا اس طرح کرتے ہیں ہم چشموں کی رُسوائی؟

Sikandar! haif, tu is ko jawan-mardi samajhta hai

Gawara is tarah karte hain ham-chashmon ki ruswai?

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ترا پیشہ ہے سفّاکی، مرا پیشہ ہے سفّاکی

کہ ہم قزّاق ہیں دونوں، تو مَیدانی، میں دریائی!

Tera pesha hai saffaki, mera pesha hai saffaki

Ke hum qazzaq hain donon, tu maidani, main daryai!

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Source: Zarb-e-Kalim (1936) — Siyasiyat-e-Mashriq-o-Maghrib, nazm; a dialogue (the book heads the first couplet "Sikandar" and the other two "Qazzaq")

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About this nazm

A dialogue between Alexander and a captured pirate. Alexander: your reward is either my chain or my sword, for your robbery has made the wide sea too narrow. The pirate: Alexander, what a pity that you call this bravery; is this how one treats a fellow of the same trade? Your profession is bloodshed and so is mine, for we are both pirates: you on land, I at sea.

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