Shayari
Khudi ko kar buland itna ke har taqdeer se pehle
Khuda bande se khud pooche, bata teri raza kya hai
mire junūñ ne zamāne ko ḳhuub pahchānā
vo pairahan mujhe baḳhshā ki paara paara nahīñ

Sir Muhammad Iqbal was a philosopher, poet, and politician whose poetry revolves around self-realisation and the ideal of a perfect human being.
Khudi ko kar buland itna ke har taqdeer se pehle
Khuda bande se khud pooche, bata teri raza kya hai
saare jahāñ se achchhā hindostāñ hamārā
ham bulbuleñ haiñ is kī ye gulsitāñ hamārā
ye jannat mubārak rahe zāhidoñ ko
ki maiñ aap kā sāmnā chāhtā huuñ
vatan kī fikr kar nādāñ musībat aane vaalī hai
tirī barbādiyoñ ke mashvare haiñ āsmānoñ meñ
andāz-e-bayāñ garche bahut shoḳh nahīñ hai
shāyad ki utar jaa.e tire dil meñ mirī baat
maanā ki terī diid ke qābil nahīñ huuñ maiñ
tū merā shauq dekh mirā intizār dekh
Dil dhoondta hai phir wahi fursat-e-shab-o-roz
Naaz uthana, naaz uthana, naaz uthana
yuuñ to qadam qadam pe hai dīvār sāmne
koī na ho to ḳhud se ulajh jaanā chāhiye
hamārā 'mīr'-jī se muttafiq honā hai nā-mumkin
uThānā hai jo patthar ishq kā to halkā bhārī kyā
yuuñ to ham the yūñhī kuchh misl-e-anār-o-mahtāb
jab hameñ aag dikhā.e to tamāshā niklā
sar pā-e-ḳhum pe chāhiye hañgām-e-be-ḳhudī
rū sū-e-qibla vaqt-e-munājāt chāhiye
vo maqāmāt-e-muqaddas vo tire gumbad o qaus
aur mirā aise nishānāt kā zaa.er honā