ظلام بحر میں کھو کر سنبھل جا
تڑپ جا پیچ کھا کھا کر بدل جا
Zalam-e-bahr mein kho kar sambhal ja
Tadap ja pech kha kha kar badal ja
نہیں ساحل تری قسمت میں اے موج!
ابھر کر جس طرف چاہے نکل جا!
Nahin sahil teri qismat mein ai mauj!
Ubhar kar jis taraf chahe nikal ja!
Source: Bal-e-Jibril (1935), rubaiyat
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A quatrain addressed to a wave: lose yourself in the darkness of the sea and recover, writhe and twist and change; the shore is not your fate, so rise and go wherever you will.
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