شیخِ مکتب ہے اک عمارت گر
جس کی صنعت ہے رُوحِ انسانی
Shaikh-e-maktab hai ik imarat-gar
Jis ki san'at hai ruh-e-insani
نُکتۂ دلپذیر تیرے لیے
کہہ گیا ہے حکیمِ قاآنیؔ
Nukta-e-dilpazir tere liye
Keh gaya hai Hakim-e-Qaani
“پیشِ خورشید بر مکش دیوار
خواہی ار صحنِ خانہ نورانی”
Pesh-e-khurshid bar ma-kash deewar
Khwahi ar sahn-e-khana noorani
Source: Bal-e-Jibril (1935) — nazm
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Addressed to the schoolmaster, a builder whose craft is the human soul. For him the poet passes on a fine point from the Persian poet Qaani, quoted in the last couplet: if you want the courtyard of your house to be full of light, do not raise a wall in front of the sun.
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