میں ہُوں نومِید تیرے ساقیانِ سامری فن سے
کہ بزمِ خاوراں میں لے کے آئے ساتگیں خالی
Main hun naumid tere saqiyan-e-samiri-fan se
Ke bazm-e-khawaran mein le ke aaye satgin khali
نئی بجلی کہاں ان بادلوں کے جیب و دامن میں
پرانی بجلیوں سے بھی ہے جن کی آستیں خالی!
Nayi bijli kahan in badlon ke jaib o daman mein
Purani bijliyon se bhi hai jin ki aastin khali!
Source: Zarb-e-Kalim (1936) — section Taleem-o-Tarbiyat, nazm
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Two couplets on the would-be reformers of the East. The poet has lost hope in these cup-bearers skilled in sleight of hand, who came to the gathering of the East carrying empty cups. Where would new lightning come from in clouds whose sleeves hold not even the old lightning?
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