In a pensive mood

Life Brought Me So I Came

Original Urdu Transliteration

Laai Hayaat to aaye qaza - e - chali chaley
Na hum apni Khushi se aaye na apni khushi chaley

Kam hongey is bisaat par hum aisey bad qumaar
Jo chaal hum chaley woh nihayat buri chaley

Behtar to hai yehi ke na duniya se dil lagey
Par kya karein jo kaam na be dil-lagi chaley

Duniya ne kis ka raah-e-fanaa mein diya hai saath
tum bhi chaley chalo yunhi jab tak chali chaley

Jaatey Hawaa-e-shauq mein hain is chaman se Zauq
Apni balaa se Baad-e-Saba ab kabhi chaley

English Translation

The life brought me so I came; the death takes me away so I go
Neither I came on my own nor I go with my will

There may be a few gamblers as bad as I am
Whatever move I made it proved to be very bad

It’s better that one should not get hooked to the charms of the world
However, what one can do when nothing can be accomplished without getting involved

Who’s come to the rescue of someone who’s about to leave this world!
You too keep moving till you can move on

O Zauq! I’m leaving this garden with a pinning for fresh air
Why should I care now whether zephyr blows or not!

- जोक

Some Indian thinkers (poets) were conferred the title of "Sir" by the queen (of england), however, they did not feel good about it. This they expressed in their poetry -

Eyi manehor amay nahi shaajey
Eke porte gele laagey
Eke chidte gele baajey

- Rabindranath Tagore
(some of his writings can be viewed at:
http://books.google.co.in/books?id=KmurjO7AQ1sC&lpg=PA1045&ots=nBItiO65qD&dq=rabindranath%20tagore%20poems%20title%20of%20sir%20conferred&pg=PA1037#v=onepage&q=&f=false
specifically page 1044 section 20 on knighthood expresses his feelings)

Kya kahun apne chaman se main juda kyon kar hua
Aur asir-e-halqa-e-daam-e-hawa kyon kar hua

Jaaye hairat hai bura saare zamaane ka hun main,
Mujhko ye khilat sharaafat ka ita kyon kar hua

How from my garden I chanced to stray
And how I was whirlwind trapped, I cannot say

I'm the worst creature on earth; why, then, I wonder,
Have I been honoured with the badge of a gentleman ?

- Muhammed Iqbal (translated / explained by KC Kanda)

aain-e-jwawaan mardan haq goi-o-bebaaki
allah ke sheron ko aati nahi roobahi

truth and courage are the tenets of the brave
never shall the lions of God adopt foxy ways

- Sir Mohammed Iqbal (translated / explained by K C Kanda)