یا رب یہ جہان گزراں خوب ہے لیکن — علامہ اقبال

Ya Rab yeh jahan-e-guzran khoob hai lekin

Ya Rab yeh jahan-e-guzran khoob hai lekin
Kyun khwar hain mardaan-e-safa kesh-o-hunarmand
Go is ki khudai mein mahajan ka bhi hai haath
Duniya to samajhti hai Farangi ko Khuda-wand
Tu barg gaya hai na wahi ahl-e-khirad ra
O kusht-e-gul-o-lalah ba bakhshad ba khar chand
Hazir hain kaleesa mein kabab-o-mai-e-gulgoon
Masjid mein dhara kya hai bajuz mau'iza-o-pand
Ahkam tere haq hi hain magar apne mufassir
Ta'weel se Quran ko bana sakte hain paazand
Firdaus jo tera hai kisi ne nahin dekha
Afrang ka har qariya hai Firdaus ki manind
Muddat se hai awara aflaak mera fikr
Kar de use ab chand ke gharon mein nazar band
Fitrat ne mujhe bakhshe hain jauhar-e-malakooti
Khaaki hun magar khaak se rakhta nahin paiwand
Darvesh-e-khuda-mast na sharqi hai, na gharbi
Ghar mera na Dilli na Safahan na Samarqand
Kehta hun wahi baat samajhta hun jise haq
Na aabla-e-masjid hun na tehzeeb ka farzand
Apne bhi khafa mujh se hain begane bhi na-khush
Main zehr-e-halahal ko kabhi keh na saka qand
Mushkil hai ik banda-e-haq-been-o-haq-andesh
Khashak ke tode ko kahe koh-e-Damawand
Hun aatish-e-Namrood ke sholon mein bhi khamosh
Main banda-e-momin hun nahin dana-e-aspand
Pur soz nazar baz-o-nikoo-been-o-kam-aarzoo
Azaad-o-giriftar-o-tehi-kisa-o-khursand
Har haal mein mera dil be-qaid hai khurram
Kya chheene ga ghunche se koi zauq-e-shakar-khand
Chup reh na saka Hazrat-e-Yazdan mein bhi Iqbal
Karta koi is banda-e-gustaakh ka munh band