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Muhammed Iqbal's Poetry, by first line

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  • Naya Shivala (with English Translation)
    power and peace are implied in the songs of the disciples.
    The salvation of the people of the world lies in love!
    40 lines, 1 comment
  • Taraana-e-Hind (With English Translation)
    Better than the whole wide world is our India;
    we're its nightingales, it is our flower-garden.
    35 lines, 1 comment
  • Age of Infancy
    The earth and sky were unknown worlds to me
    Only the expanse of mother's bosom was a world to me
    12 lines, 12 comments
  • The One I Was Searching For On the Earth and in Heaven (With English Translation)
    The one I was searching for on the earth and in heaven
    Appeared residing in the recesses of my own heart
    66 lines, 2 comments
  • Jawab-e-Shikwa [Response to The Complaint]
    Whatever comes out of the heart is effective
    It has no wings but has the power of flight
    219 lines, 1 comment
  • The child's invocation [bachaey ki duaa]
    _*Original*_: Urdu
    lab pe aatii hai duaa banake tamannaa merii
    27 lines, 6 comments
  • Ahead of the Stars
    Ahead of the stars there lie more worlds
    there still remain more tests of love
    15 lines, 9 comments
  • Madness of Love is no more
    mohabbat ka junuu.N baaqii nahii.n hai
    musalamaano.n me.n Khuun baaqii nahii.n hai
    8 lines, 1 comment
  • The Cloud on the mountain
    Elevation bestows the sky's nearness to my abode
    24 lines, 5 comments
  • Mirza Ghalib
    Through you the secret was revealed to the human intellect
    30 lines, 3 comments
  • The crescent
    The sun's boat is broken and drowned in the Nile
    But a piece is floating about on the water of the Nile
    14 lines, 2 comments
  • The tomb-stone of saiyyid
    O you whose life is confined in the material world
    O you whose soul is imprisoned in the cage
    28 lines, 2 comments
  • The morning sun
    Far from the ignoble strife of Man's tavern you are
    The wine-cup adorning the sky's assemblage you are
    42 lines, 3 comments
  • Pathos of love
    O Pathos of Love! You are a glossy pearl
    Beware, you should not appear among strangers
    26 lines, 2 comments
  • The Withered Rose
    O withered rose! How can I still call you a rose?
    How can I call you the longing of nightingale's heart?
    12 lines, 3 comments
  • A longing
    O Lord ! I have become weary of human assemblages!
    When the heart is sad no pleasure in assemblages can be
    40 lines, 3 comments
  • The sun
    O Sun! The world's essence and motivator you are
    The organizer of the book of the world you are
    20 lines, 1 comment
  • The intellect and the heart
    One day Intellect said to the heart
    A guide to the misguided ones I am
    27 lines, 1 comment
  • The painful wail
    Consumed with grief I am, I get relief in no way
    O circumambient waters of the Ganges drown me
    18 lines
  • The candle
    O Candle! I am also an afflicted person in the world assembly
    Constant complaint is my lot in the manner of the rue
    58 lines
  • The Interrogation Of The Dead
    The bright sun is hidden, the night shows its face
    The night's hair is spread on shoulders of the earth
    52 lines
  • Sympathy
    Perched on the branch of a tree
    Was a nightingale sad and lonely
    16 lines, 4 comments
  • A mother's dream
    As I slept one night I saw this dream
    Which further increased my vexation
    30 lines, 5 comments
  • The bird's complaint
    I am constantly reminded of the bygone times
    Those garden's springs, those chorus of chimes
    23 lines
  • A Cow and a Goat
    There was a verdant pasture somewhere
    Whose land was the very picture of beauty
    58 lines, 6 comments
  • A mountain and a squirrel
    A mountain was saying this to a squirrel
    Commit suicide if you have self-respect
    24 lines, 2 comments
  • The age of infancy
    The earth and sky were unknown worlds to me
    Only the expanse of mother's bosom was a world to me
    15 lines
  • The Himalayas
    O Himalah! O rampart of the realm of India!
    Bowing down, the sky kisses your forehead
    56 lines
  • The Colorful Rose
    You are not familiar with the hardships of solving enigmas
    O Beautiful Rose! Perhaps you do not have sublime feelings in your heart
    24 lines
  • Taraana-e-Milli
    Cheen-o-Arab hamara, Hindustan hamara
    44 lines
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