Shibli and Hali
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One day Iqbal said to the Muslim
Your existence is unique in the universe
The tunes of your old songs are the basis of new knowledge
Civilization is the dust of your old caravans
Even the zephyr's current is like stone to it
Very delicate is the mirror of Man's honor
The men of action by discovering the causes of phenomena
Find the cure for the azure-colored sky's cruelties
Ask them who are the old secret keepers of the garden
How the autumn became engaged in fight with your garden
The Muslim became restless with my conversation
The sad sigh became betrayer of the inner sorrow
He said Just look at the autumn's condition
The leaves of the tree of life have become pale
Those garden's secret keepers became silent
Whose tune of pathos was the means of mellowness
The garden's inhabitants were still mourning Shibli
When Hali also became a traveler towards Paradise
Still he is a fool who is asking the gardener
What did nightingale say, what did rose hear, what did zephyr do ?
Your existence is unique in the universe
The tunes of your old songs are the basis of new knowledge
Civilization is the dust of your old caravans
Even the zephyr's current is like stone to it
Very delicate is the mirror of Man's honor
The men of action by discovering the causes of phenomena
Find the cure for the azure-colored sky's cruelties
Ask them who are the old secret keepers of the garden
How the autumn became engaged in fight with your garden
The Muslim became restless with my conversation
The sad sigh became betrayer of the inner sorrow
He said Just look at the autumn's condition
The leaves of the tree of life have become pale
Those garden's secret keepers became silent
Whose tune of pathos was the means of mellowness
The garden's inhabitants were still mourning Shibli
When Hali also became a traveler towards Paradise
Still he is a fool who is asking the gardener
What did nightingale say, what did rose hear, what did zephyr do ?