From Salman*, singer sweet, this subtle point I know: That world is wide enough for those who courage show. (*Iqbal’s note: Salman refers to Masud Sa‘ad Salman, the famous poet of the Ghaznavid era who was probably born in Lahore.)

A man can live without the light of science and art; but needs hawk’s zeal for quest and tiger’s reckless heart.

Desist from imitation of peacock and nightingale: The one is only hue, the other chant and wail.