Nigah-e-faqr main shaan-e-sikandari kya hai?

निगाह -ए-फक्र  में  शान -ए-सिकंदरी  क्या  है ?
खिराज  की  जो  गदा  हो , वो  केसरी  क्या  है ?
फलक  ने  की  है  अता उन  को  खाजगी  के  जिन्हें
खबर  नहीं  रवीश -ए-बंद  परवरी  क्या  है ?
किस्से  नहीं  है  तमन्ना -ए-सरवरी  लेकिन
खुदी  की  मौत  हो  जिस  में , वो  सरवरी  क्या  है ?
बुतों  से  तुझ  को  उमीदें , खुदा  से  नॉ मीदी
मुझे  बता  तो  सही  और  काफ्री क्या  है ?

- अल्लामा इकबाल

Nigah-e-faqr main shaan-e-sikandari kya hai?

Khiraaj ki jo gada ho, wo qaiseri kya hai?

Falaq nay ki hai ata un ko khaajgi kay jinhain

Khabar nahin rawish-e-banda parwari kya hai?

Kissey nahin hai tamanna-e-sarwari lekin

Khudi ki mout ho jis main, wo sarwari kya hai?

Buton say tujh ko umeedain, Khuda say no meedi

Mujhey bata tou sahi aur kaafri kya hai? - Allama Iqbal

(Meanings: Nigah-e-Faqr main shan-e-sikandari kya hai = What is the worth of
kingdom in eyes of a saint?; Khiraj ki jo gada ho, wo qeseri kya hai = Such a rule in
which ruler is always worried about keeping it secure, is worthless; Falaq = Nature;
Khaajgi = Ruling class; Khabar nahin = Ignored; rawish-e-banda parwari = Sense of
serving humanity; tamanna-e-sarwari = Desires to rule; Khudi ki mout ho jis main
wo sarwari kya hai = Such rule is insulting to gain which, self respect is required to
be sacrificed; Buton = Idols (referring to fellow human beings here); umeedain =
Expectations; no meedi = Disappointment; Kaafri = Non Muslim who donot believe
in Oneness of God)