Lab pe aati hai dua banke tamanna meri,By ALLAMA IQBAL (with english translation)

[Mohammad Kashif]

************ JANAB ALLAMA IQBAL **************

Lab pe aati hai dua banke tamanna meri,
Zindagi shamma ki surat ho khudaya meri.

ho mere dam se unhi mere watan ki zeenat,
Jis tarha phool se hoti hai chaman ki zeenat.

Zindagi ho meri parwane ki surat ya RAB,
Ilm ki shamma se ho mujhko mohabbat ya RAB.

Ho mera kaam garibon ki himayat karna ,
Dardmando se zaifo se mohabbat karna.

Mere ALLAH burai se bachana mujhko,
Neak jo rah he us reh pe chalana mujhko.

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My longing comes to my lips assupplication of mine.

O ALLAH ! may like the candle the life of mine.

May my homeland through me attain elegance.

As the garden through flowers attains elegance.

May my life like that of the moth be O LORD !.

May i love the lamp of knowledge O LORD !

May supportive of the poor my life's way be .

May loving the old, the suffring my way be.

O ALLAH ! protect me from the evil ways.

Show me the path leading to the good ways.