ترا تن روح سے نا آشنا ہے
عجب کیا آہ تیری نارسا ہے
Tera tan ruh se na-ashna hai
Ajab kya aah teri na-rasa hai
تن بے روح سے بے زار ہے حق
خدائے زندہ زندوں کا خدا ہے
Tan-e-be-ruh se bezar hai haq
Khuda-e-zinda zindon ka khuda hai
Source: Bal-e-Jibril (1935), rubaiyat
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About this rubai
A quatrain: your body does not know the soul, so no wonder your sigh does not reach its goal. God has no use for a body without a soul; the living God is the God of the living.
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