فسادِ قلب و نظر ہے فرنگ کی تہذیب
کہ رُوح اس مَدنِیّت کی رہ سکی نہ عفیف
Fasad-e-qalb o nazar hai Farang ki tahzib
Ke ruh is madaniyat ki reh saki na afif
رہے نہ رُوح میں پاکیزگی تو ہے ناپید
ضمیرِ پاک و خیالِ بلند و ذوقِ لطیف
Rahe na ruh mein pakizagi to hai napaid
Zamir-e-pak o khayal-e-buland o zauq-e-latif
Source: Zarb-e-Kalim (1936) — section Taleem-o-Tarbiyat, nazm
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Two couplets on Western civilisation. The poet calls it a corruption of heart and sight, because its spirit has not stayed pure. Where the spirit loses its purity, he says, a clean conscience, lofty thought and refined taste disappear with it.
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