पुर-सोज़ नज़र-बाज़ ओ निको-बीन ओ कम आज़ार
आज़ाद ओ गिरफ़्तार ओ तही कीसा ओ ख़ुरसंद
— Allama Iqbal
Meaning
Oh, the gaze that burns, oh, the blind one, and whose torment is little; oh, free and captive, oh, what kind of tale, oh, beloved.
Explanation
This couplet is a profound meditation on the contradictions of the human heart and the journey of life. Allama Iqbal paints a picture of emotional extremes: the burning gaze, the blind devotion, the struggle between freedom and captivity. He tells us that existence itself is a mosaic of opposites—the free and the bound, the visible and the hidden. It is a call to embrace the complexity of being human!