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غواص تو فطرت نے بنایا ہے مجھے بھی
لیکن مجھے اعماق سیاست سے ہے پرہیز
Ghavvas to fitrat ne banaya hai mujhe bhi
Lekin mujhe aamaq-e-siyasat se hai parhez
فطرت کو گوارا نہیں سلطانی جاوید
ہر چند کہ یہ شعبدہ بازی ہے دل آویز
Fitrat ko gavara nahin sultani-e-javed
Har chand ki ye shobda-bazi hai dil-avez
فرہاد کی خارا شکنی زندہ ہے اب تک
باقی نہیں دنیا میں ملوکیت پرویز
Farhad ki khara-shikani zinda hai ab tak
Baqi nahin duniya mein mulukiyat-e-Parvez
Source: Zarb-e-Kalim (1936), section "Siyasiyat-e-Mashriq-o-Maghrib" — nazm
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Three couplets titled "Everlasting Rule". Nature made the poet a diver too, but he keeps away from the depths of politics. Nature does not allow any rule to last forever, however charming its magic: Farhad's cutting of the rock lives on, while Parvez's kingship is gone from the world.
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