زمانہ اب بھی نہیں جس کے سوز سے فارغ
میں جانتا ہوں وہ آتش ترے وجود میں ہے
Zamana ab bhi nahin jis ke soz se farigh
Main janta hun vo aatish tire vujud mein hai
تری دوا نہ جنیوا میں ہے، نہ لندن میں
فرنگ کی رگ جاں پنجۂ یہود میں ہے
Tiri dava na Geneva mein hai na London mein
Farang ki rag-e-jan panja-e-yahud mein hai
سنا ہے میں نے، غلامی سے امتوں کی نجات
خودی کی پرورش و لذت نمود میں ہے
Suna hai main ne ghulami se ummaton ki najat
Khudi ki parvarish-o-lazzat-e-numud mein hai
Source: Zarb-e-Kalim (1936), section "Siyasiyat-e-Mashriq-o-Maghrib" — nazm
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"To the Palestinian Arab": Iqbal tells him the cure is not in Geneva or London but in building up his own self, the way nations free themselves from bondage.
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