School Of The Subjugated ( Iqbal's Hindi Maktab )

                                    School Of The  Subjugated

                                          ( Penned in 1935 )

                   

                    Iqbal! Do not talk about learning of self-realisation here,

                    Such proposals are not suitable for religious schools,

                    It is better that from the eyes of the helpless wagtails,

                    Remain hidden the story and dignity of the falcon,

                    Freeman’s one moment is one year of the subjugated,

                    How heavily burdened are the times of the subjugated!

                    Freeman’s every moment is a message of eternity,

                    Subjugated man’s every moment is a sudden death,

                    Freeman’s apprehension is illuminated by truth,

                    Subjugated man’s apprehension is involvement in nonsense,

                    Subjugated man has the craze for the saint’s miracles,

                    The freeman is himself a living miracle,

                    In favour of the subjugated this very training is better,

                    Music and artristry and knowledge of plants.

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