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کہا پہاڑ کی ندّی نے سنگ ریزے سے
فتادگی و سر افگندگی تری معراج!
Kaha pahad ki naddi ne sang-reze se
Fatadagi o sar-afgandagi teri meraj!
ترا یہ حال کہ پامال و درد مند ہے تُو
مری یہ شان کہ دریا بھی ہے مرا محتاج
Tera ye haal ke pamal o dardmand hai tu
Meri ye shan ke darya bhi hai mera muhtaj
جہاں میں تُو کسی دیوار سے نہ ٹکرایا
کسے خبر کہ تُو ہے سنگِ خارہ یا کہ زُجاج!
Jahan mein tu kisi diwar se na takraya
Kise khabar ke tu hai sang-e-khara ya ke zujaj!
Source: Zarb-e-Kalim (1936) — section Taleem-o-Tarbiyat, nazm
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A short fable in three couplets. A mountain stream says to a pebble: lying low and bowing your head is the most you rise to; you are trampled and aching, while even the river depends on me. You have never struck against a wall, the stream says, so who knows whether you are granite or glass?
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