Thursday, November 15, 2007

Inspiration


These ashairs from Allama Iqbal are really inspirational, thought to share with you all.

Dhoondne wala sitaron ki guzargahon ka
apni afkar ki duniya ka safar kar na saka

(The one who is exploring the Universe is unable to explore his own self)

Another Allama's relevant shair

Sitaron se aage jahan aur bhi hain
Abhi Ishq ke imtehan aur bhi hain
Tahi zindagi se nahin yeh fazayen
Yahan sakaron karwaan aur bhi hain
Qana'at na kar aalim e rang o boo par
Chaman aur bhi, aashian aur bhi hain
Agar kho gaya ek nasheman to kya gham
Mukamat e aah o faghan aur bhi hain
Tu shaheen hai, parwaz hai kaam tera
Tere saamne aasman aur bhi hain
Isi roz o shab mein ulajh kar na reh jaa
Ke tere zaman o makan aur bhi hain
Gaye din ke tanha tha main anjuman mein
Yahan ab mere raazdaan aur bhi hain

When I came across this, honestly it changed something inside me. Brilliant work by him!

4 comments:

Anirudh 'Lallan' Choudhry said...

wow..wow ...wow i mean how can one be so...aah dont have words..superb..!

Anonymous said...

Allama Iqbal was certainly one of the greatest Eastern poet, philosopher and seer of humanity of all times…
He provided guidance, spiritual support and inspiration to the downtrodden and demolarized people of the subcontinent.
One of his poetic verse always inspires me, when he said:

Khudi ko kar buland itna kay har taqdeer se pahlay
Khuda banday se khud pochay bata terey raza kya hai

There is so much depth that is embedded in this verse.

Anyways, when a school teacher asked a young Pathan student what is the meaning of the above mentioned Iqbal's couplet, he said:

Allah bolta hai banday se kay upar jao, aur upar jao, khochay tum himmat karo ar badalon se bhe upar jao. Jab banda upar chala gaya to usko bohat sardi lagi.
Phir Allah nay poocha khochay tera razai kidhar hai?
(I have no sense of humor, I am not kidding)

My travel dairy said...

@Ani
:-)

@Anonymous
:-)
yes, u have a good sense of humor, itne khoobsurat shair par bhi apne ik humourous line likh di!

that's a good way to teach a student too, I am sure the student must have never forgotten this shair ever in his life.... :-) m' just being positive....

Anonymous said...

Agar apko yeh shair itna pasand aya, to isey flavour ka ek aur sunyae,
ijazat hai to irshad karon:

Khudi ko kar buland itna kay har taqreeb se pahlay
maizban mehman se yeh pochay kay bata terey ghiza kya hai?

kaisa laga?
mai shayar to nahi.....