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غلَط نِگر ہے تری چشمِ نیم باز اب تک
ترا وجُود ترے واسطے ہے راز اب تک
Ghalat-nigar hai teri chashm-e-neem-baz ab tak
Tera wujud tere waste hai raaz ab tak
ترا نیاز نہیں آشنائے ناز اب تک
کہ ہے قیام سے خالی تری نماز اب تک
Tera niyaz nahin ashna-e-naz ab tak
Ke hai qiyam se khali teri namaz ab tak
گُسَستہ تار ہے تیری خودی کا ساز اب تک
کہ تُو ہے نغمۂ رومیؔ سے بے نیاز اب تک!
Gusasta-tar hai teri khudi ka saz ab tak
Ke tu hai naghma-e-Rumi se be-niyaz ab tak!
Source: Zarb-e-Kalim (1936) — section Adabiyat-o-Funun-e-Latifa, nazm
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Three couplets, every line ending "ab tak" (still). Your half-open eye still sees wrongly and your own being is still a secret to you; your devotion has not yet learned pride, your prayer still lacks its standing. The strings of your self are still broken, because you still turn away from the song of Rumi.
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