II-I
To
love’an rapture1 sins gave a common sense,
And made ripes’2 wisdom a raws logic hence.
I sing songs hey! to Makkan tunes gay,
Since wine in cup was poured on the first day.2
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1. Some people tauntingly say that the mystic’s Ishq and
Masti (Love and raptures) is a sin a; they flee from responsibilities of life,
which are al-o a must for every body.
2. Ripes =viz. philosophers.
The 4th line of this quatrain has been taken by Iqbal from
Iraqi, whose full name is Fakhr-ud-Din Ibrahim Iraqi.
He died at Damascus in 688 Hijra, where he had finally
settled. He also
visited Multan with a hand of Qalandars (ascetics) and accepted the initiation
of Khawaja Baha-ud-Din Zakriya. I also give here the translation of that
quatrain of Iraqi
They took to wine
pouring from the first day,
From bearers drunk eyes they made us a prey.
Who himself revealed His secret game,
Why villifys now the poor poet’s name.