(Zarb-e-Kaleem-020) Azadi-e-Shamsheer Ke Ilan Par

Azadi-e-Shamsheer Ke Alan Par

Written On The Occasion Of The British Governmentʹs Permission To Keep Sword 

Socha Bhi Hai Ae Mard-e-Musalman Kabhi Tu Ne

Kya Cheez Hai Foulad Ki Shamsheer-e-Jigar Dar

O Muslim, did you ever think or feel 

What is meant by piercing sword of steel?

Uss Bait Ka Ye Misra-e-Awwal Hai Ke Jis Mein

Poshida Chale Ate Hain Touheed Ke Asrar

It is the first hemistich of this verse 

That Godʹs Oneness shows in form so terse.

Hai Fikr Mujhe Misra-e-Sani Ki Ziada

Allah Kare Tujh Ko Atta Faqr Ki Talwar

My anxiety for the second half is greater though,

May God the sword of faqr on you bestow

Qabze Mein Ye Talwar Aa Jaye To Momin

Ya Khalid (R.A.) Janbaz Hai Ya Haidar-e-Karar (R.A.)

If Muslim true can get this sword in hold

He is Ali the Lion of God, or Khalid bold.