A leader of the nation once said to Iqbal: ‘A hospital is about to open in Jeddah for Hijaz.

Every speck of your dust becomes restless as you hear from somebody the tale of Hijaz.

Move your hand of Love towards your pocket; you are world famous as the lover of Hijaz.

The hospital in the suburbs of Battha* is needed in the hands of Issa the patient’s pulse is needed.’ (*This is another name of Makkah Mu‘azzamah.)

I said ‘Life lies in the veil of death as the Truth lies veiled in metaphors.

What the Lover has obtained in the position of death; Khizar could not obtain in the wine of eternal life.

Sir, convey this message of life to others; I am searching for death in the land of Hijaz.

Why have you brought the message of cure? What concern do Lovers have with the Masiha.* (*Allusion to Issa A.S. and his miracle of bringing the dead to life.