نسیمی از حجاز آید کہ ناید؟سرآمد روزگار این فقیری
دگر داناے راز آید کہ ناید؟
The bliss of the past may arrive, or not"
That breeze of Hijaz may arrive, or not
This Fakir's last time has arrived so near now
"May arrive knowers of secrets (sage), or not
This is a passage from Dr. Allama Iqbals's Armaghan-e-Hijaz (The Gift for Hijaz). During his last years, Allama wanted to go on Hajj and started writing these couplets. His wish was not fulfilled but like Mevlana Rumi, the sheer state of sorrow and gnosis, was a Divine Decree to create a work of genius, so poignant, so beautiful
Sadeqain, a renowed artists from Karachi for his murals, painted Allama's verses, which is featured here
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