پھر چراغِ لالہ سے روشن ہوئے کوہ و دمن
مجھ کو پھر نغموں پہ اکسانے لگا مرغِ چمن
I have never needed much inspiration to write anything but Iqbal doesn’t take no for an answer. His work jumps off the page and hits you where and when you are most vulnerable. I didn’t see it coming. He got me when my guards were down and I was in a state of bliss. Well, the operative line in the verse is مجھ کو پھر نغموں پہ اکسانے لگا مرغِ چمن
Having lived life mostly on my own terms and never regretting what all I gained or lost, I feel we all go through life without ever living in the moment. However, if you ever get to live the moment, the experience is surreal: Indescribable, feeling of weightlessness and like you don’t ever want to wake up.
یہ خوشی پل دو پل ٖہی سہی
مجھ کو پہر امید دلا دیتی ہے
ناکوئ منزل ناکسی ساحل کئ تلاش
پھر بھی رہ رہ کے ہنسا دیتی ہے
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