Rise, as darkness has appeared on the eastern horizon! We should light up the assemblage with blazing songs.

Our capacity is only a cry of lament like the wild rue.* We should overturn the assemblage with this same uproar. (Sipand or Wild Rue: The property of the rue seed of cracking and jumping when put in fire is referred to here as an expression of distress and lament as well as the restlessness produced by them.)

We should show the assemblage the effect of Love’s polish. We should convert the stone of today into the mirror* of tomorrow. * This refers to the technology of glass making, ultimately making mirrors, whose starting material is a base material like silicates in stones and soil. This hemistich means that we should convert the youth of today, who are inert and useless like stones, into the mirrors of tomorrow.)

By showing them the effulgence of the lost Yusuf; we should make them more agitation-prone than Zalaykha’s blood.

By giving the lesson of the law of growth to this garden; we should turn the insignificant drop of dew into the ocean.

We should lift our dearest chattel from the China's temple.* We should fascinate all with the face of Sa'di and Sulaima.** * This is a part of the often repeated message of Allamah Iqbal that Muslims should return to Islam for guidance in knowledge and for inspiration for noble deeds. The mention of China is a delicate reference to the Hadith that one should acquire knowledge even if it is in China. **It was a tradition in pre Islamic Arabic poetry to write poems about their beloveds. However, the identity of the beloved was not revealed and she was represented by one of the several legendary beauties of the Arab folk lore, such as Salmah, Sulaima, Lubnah, Lailah etc.)

Look! The Lailah's she camel became useless in Yathrib; we should make Qais acquainted with the new Longing. (With the advent of Islam old values in literature, including poetry, changed… Instead of Lailah and her she camel, God and Holy Prophet S.A.W. became the objects of Love and they were referred to metaphorically as Lailah. Allamah Iqbal has used this metaphor often.).

The wine should be mature and so hot that with it we should soften the heart of the glass, the goblet, and the decanter.

The grief which kept us warm in the cold of the West; opening up the breast we should make it public.

In the world's congregation we should live like the candle; we should burn ourselves and open up the rivals' eyes.

‘The candle reveals whatever passes through the heart; burning is not the thought which the candle conceals’.