Musaddas e Haali

Pasti ka koee hadd se guzarna dekhe.. Islam ka gir kar na utarna dekhe..

One may see decadence transcend its bounds.. Witness the slackness of Islam to rise...


Maane na kabhi ke Madd hai har jazar ke baad.. darya ka humare jo utarna dekhe..

Unwilling to accept there lies a rise after each fall.. Witness Ye.. the descent of our river..


Musaddas

Kisi ne ye Buqraat se jaake poocha .. Maraz tere nazdeek mohlak hai kya kya..

Someone approached Hippocrates with a query.. Which illness are they, Thou favor as grave..


Kaha dukh jahaan me nahin koee aisa.. ke jis ki dawa Haqq ne ki ho na paida..

There none exists such a sorrow, he spoke.. The remedy for which the lord not create..


Magar vo maraz jisko asaan samjhe.. kahe jo tabeeb is ko hizyaan samjhe..

Save the illness presumed as cinch.. Advices by Physicians when swept as vain..


Sabab ya alamat gar unko sujhayen.. to tashkhees me sau khatayen nikalen..

When causes and signs are brought afore them.. A hundred defects would they find in the tests..


Dawa aur parhez se jee churayen.. yunhi rafta rafta maraz ko badhayen..

They hide away from abstinence and cure.. Steadily as how they raise the malady..


Tabeebon se hargiz na manoos hon voh.. yahaan tak ke jeene se mayoos hon voh..

Never do they attach with physicians.. So much as they grow disheartened with life..


yahi haal duniya me us qaum ka hai.. bhawar me jahaaz aake jiska ghira hai..

Similar is the plight of such a nation on this sphere.. Tangled in a vortex whose ship has stuck..


Kinara hai door aur toofan bapa hai.. gumaan hai ye hardam ke abh doobta hai..

The shores are away and storms are cast.. supposing at each breath that it shall but now sink..


Nahin lete karwat magar ahle kashti.. Padhe sote hain bekhabar ahle kashti..

Alas, the inmates never but stir .. Oblivious, they sleep, the people of the boat..

Ghata sar pe adbaar ki chchaa rahi hai.. Falakat samaa apna diklha rahi hai

The clouds of desertion are gathering above.. Times of adversity are out in open..


Nahusat paso pesht Mandla rahi hai.. Chap wa raast se ye sadaa arahi hai..

Misfortune looming behind and before.. Discordant and virtuous rings out a cry..


Ke kal kaun the aaj kya hogaye tum.. abhi jaagte the abhi sogaye tum..

Who were you before and what have you become.. Awake you were just and fallen asleep now..


Par us qaum e ghafil ki ghaflat vahi hai.. Tanazzul pe apne Qina'at vahi hai..

A heedless nation yet in neglect.. Contented with decline they remain the same..


Mile khaak me par ra'unat vahi hai.. Hui subh'a aur khwab e rahat wahi hai..

Turned to dust, their haughtiness remains.. The dawn has broken, they dream yet in comfort..


Na afsos inhe apni zillat pe hai kuch.. na rashk aur qaumon ki izzat pe hai kuch..

Neither they wail on grace defiled.. nor envy the honor of nations away..


Baha'im ki aur unki halat hai yaksaan.. ke jis haal me hai usi me hai shadaan..

The case of animals and they are alike.. Merry in states whichever they are..


Na zillat se nafrat na izzat ka armaan.. na dosakh se tarsaan na jannat ke khawahan..

No spite for reproach nor craving for esteem.. They long not for Eden nor loathe for hell


Liya aql wa deen se na kuch kaam inhon ne.. Kiya deen e barhaq ko badnaam inhon ne..

Actions they took not with Deen or Aql.. Religion of Truth they did but stain..


Vo deen jisne a'da ko ikhwaan banaya.. wahush aur baha'im ko Insaan banaya..

From foes into brothers, a religion that forged.. The wild beasts into humans it did produce..


Darindon ko ghamkhwar e dauran banaya.. ghatriyon ko aalam ka sultaan banaya..

The beasts it changed to healers of times.. The shepherds it changed to emperors of world..


Vo khitta jo tha ek dhoron ka ghalla.. Giraan kardiya uska aalam se palla..

The land which was but a herd of cattle.. it weighed down the scales away from the world..

Arab jiska charchaa ye kuch voh kya tha.. Jahaan se alag ek jazeera numa tha..

The tale of Arabia and what was it like.. Afar from the world, an island it stood..


Zamane se paiwand jiska juda tha.. Na kishwar sataan tha na kishwar kushaan tha..

A land patched away from plateau of time.. A conqueror of nations nor of regions it was..


Tamaddun ka ispar padha tha na saaya.. Taraqqi ka tha vaan qadam tak na aaya..

There was none a shadow of civilization afore.. Progress had yet to set foot upon them..


Na aab-o-hawa aisi thi Ruh parwar.. Ke qabil hi paida ho khud jis se jawhar..

To raise a soul the clime ever but ease.. to let alone a Jewel be born..


Na kuch aise samaan the vaan mayassar.. Kanwal jis ke khil jaayen dil ke sarasar..

There never existed any such sustenance.. To blossom the flowers of anyone's heart..


Na sabza tha sehraa me paida na paani.. Faqat aab e baraan pe thi zindagani..

Neither plants nor water there did prevail.. They only but thrived on the bursts of clouds..


Zameen sangalaakh aur hawa aatish afshaan.. Lu'on ki lapat baad e sar sar ke toofan..

The earth bore rocks and the air spewed fire.. Embracing heat and the blistering winds..


Pahaad aur tele saraab aur bayaban.. Khajuron ke jhund aur khaar e mughelan..

Mountains and hills..mirage and wilderness.. cluster of dates and haunted thorns..


Na khitton me ghalla na jungle me kheti.. Arab aur kul kayinaat iski ye thi..

Neither yield of crops ..nor growth in Jungles.. The world of Arabia was it but all..


Na vaan misr ki roshni jalwagar thi.. Na yunaan ke ilm o fan ki khabar thi..

The light of Egypt where it not shine.. Knowledge of Greeks where still not reach..


Vahi apni fitrat pe tab'i bashar thi.. Khuda ki zameen bin juti sarbasar thi..

They lived it all in their own raw self.. The land of God was unploughed, barren.


Pahad aur sehraa me deraa tha sabka.. Tale aasman ke basera tha sab ka..

People dwelled in mountains and desert.. Beneath the sky lived one and all..


Kaheen aag pujhti thi vaan be muhaba.. Kaheen tha kawakib parasti ka charchaa..

fire was worshipped unceremoniously somewhere.. Where devotion to stars reigned vogue at a place..


Bohot se the Tasleeth par dil se shaida.. Buton ka amal subasu jabaja tha..

Many adoring Trinity by all heart.. Worshiping idols prevailed it all..


Karishmon ka rahib ke tha said koee.. Talismon me kaahin ke tha qaid koee..

In miracles of Priests were caged a few.. In the spells of oracles were captured some..