Chand Aur Taray (Puisi Muhammad Iqbal)
Moon And Stars
Tare Kehne Lage Qamar Se
Trembling at the chill breath of dawn
The fearful stars said to the moon:
Hum Thak Bhi Gaye Chamak Chamak Kar
‘About us lies heaven’s changeless scene
Where wearied we must shine, still shine,
Chalna, Chalna, Madaam Chalna
Tasked to move on, on, morn and eve—
To move, to move, for ever move!
Kehte Hain Jise Sukoon, Nahin Hain
No creature of this world knows rest,
Nowhere can fabled peace exist,
Tare, Insan, Shajar, Hajar Sub
All things condemned by tyrant laws
To wander, stars, men, rocks, and tress—
Manzil Kabhi Aye Gi Nazar Kya
But shall this journeying ever end,
Ever a destination find?’
Ae Mazra-e-Shab Ke Khausha Cheeno!
‘Oh my companions,’ said the moon,
‘You who night’s harvest‐acres glean,
Ye Rasm Qadeem Hai Yahan Ki
On motion all this world’s life hangs:
Such is the ancient doom of things.
Kha Kha Ke Talab Ka Taziyana
Swift runs the shadowy steed of time
Lashed by desire’s whip into foam,
Poshida Qarar Mein Ajal Hai
And there’s no loitering on that oath,
For hidden in repose lurks death:
Jo Thehre Zra, Kuchal Gye Hain
They that press on win clear—the late,
The laggard, trampled underfoot.
Aghaz Hai Ishq, Intihaa Husn
And what the goal of all this haste?—
Its cradle love, beauty its quest.’
From: http://iqbalurdu.blogspot.nl/2011/04/bang-e-dra-072-chand-aur-tare.html