Iqbal's most stirring verse — self, striving, and the restless spirit.
Iqbal asks the self to wake and rise.
Khudi
Allama Iqbalkhudi ko kar buland itna ke har taqdeer se pehle
khuda bande se khud puchhe bata teri raza kya hai
jis khet se dehqaan ko mayassar nahin rozi
us khet ke har khosha-e-gandum ko jala do
uqaabi rooh jab bedaar hoti hai jawaanon mein
nazar aati hai inko apni manzil aasmaanon mein
yaqeen muhkam amal paiham mohabbat faateh-e-aalam
jihaad-e-zindagaani mein hain ye mardon ki shamsheeren