تہذيب حاضر

Extremely excessive is the heat of current civilization’s wine; the clay body of the Muslim has exploded into flames.

It made the speck into fire-fly by giving it borrowed light; just look at what the trickery of the splendid sun is.

The nature of the young generation has found new ways: This beauty, this alertness, this freedom, this fearlessness.

Such a change has come about in planning and thought; bursting of the garden’s flower-buds in Love is considered trivial.

The newly flying birds have lost their nests but a pretty sight has been shown by magician’s cunningness.

The new life brought with it ever changing pleasures: Rivalry, selling conscience, impatience, greed.

Muslim’s assembly is glittering with the new candle’s light, but my old time wisdom is saying this to the moths:

‘O moth! You have derived this warmth from the assembly’s candle: Burn in your own fire like me if you have the warmth of the heart.

اے پروانے تو نے یہ گرمی محفل کی شمع سے لی ہے؛ اگر دل میں سوز ہے تو میری طرح اپنی آگ میں جلنا سیکھ۔