“National” “Independence” Day?! 14 August 2006
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Dr. Muhammad Iqbal (1877 – 1938) on Wataniat:
Ho qaid-e-maqami toh nateejah hai tabahaee
Rah bahar main azad-e-watan soorat-e-maaheeHai tark-e-watan sunnat-e-mahboob-e-ilahee
Dai tu bhi nabuwwat ki sadaqat pah gawahaeeGuftar-e-siyasat main watan aur hi kuch hai
Irshad-e-nabuwwat main watan aur hi kuch haiAqwam-e-jahan main hai raqabat toh isi sai
Taskheer hai maqsood-e-tijarat toh isi saiKhali hai sadaqat sai siyasat toh isi sai
Kamzor ka ghar hota hai gharat toh isi saiAqwam main makhlooq-e-khuda bat-ti hai is sai
Aaumeat islam ki jar kat-ti hai is sai
And my favourite…
Yah but kah tarasheeda tahzeeb-e-nawi hai
Gharat gar-e-kashana-e-deen-e-nabawi hai
Bazar tira tawheed ki quwwat sai qawi hai
Islam tera dais hai, tu mustafawi hai!Nazzara-e-dairina zamanay ko dikha dai
Ai mustafawi khak main iss but ko mila dai!
As with so much else…the Allama was remarkably insightful…
Moderate Enlightenment 
Allama’s poetry is the only poetry that makes any sense to me. At the risk of committing literary sacrilege, I will admit that Ghalib and Meer are not my cup of tea, and seldom have they left me with any impressions.
By the way huzoor-e-wala, I must bring your attention to a missing Q in the sixth sher…