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شعر سے روشن ہے جانِ جبرئیل و اہرمن
رقص و موسیقی سے ہے سوز و سُرورِ انجمن
Sh'er se raushan hai jan-e-Jibril o Ahriman
Raqs o musiqi se hai soz o surur-e-anjuman
فاش یوں کرتا ہے اک چینی حکیم اسرارِ فن
شعر گویا رُوحِ موسیقی ہے، رقص اس کا بدن!
Fash yun karta hai ik Chini hakim asrar-e-fan
Sh'er goya ruh-e-musiqi hai, raqs us ka badan!
Source: Zarb-e-Kalim (1936) — section Adabiyat-o-Funun-e-Latifa, nazm
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A two-couplet nazm on the arts: poetry lights up the soul, while dance and music bring warmth to a gathering. The poem closes on a saying it gives to a Chinese sage, that poetry is the soul of music and dance is its body.
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