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Eagle (2)
The eagle makes its livelihood
On the mountains or in the wood
But surely it would not embrace
Building a nest, act of disgrace
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Bred and seduced by a vulture
The eagle does lose its culture
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The preys' outlook has changed a lot
As the eagles' ways I have them taught
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Love’s in waylay for a heart alive
On a lifeless prey eagle won’t dive
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For the eagle only crown is meant
Possess a sublime aim, be decent
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Your vision is not heavenly
Cosmic is not your flight
Well you come from the Eagles’ race
Your lack high spirits and might
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O’ Eagle! Born for ethereal flight
You have so many skies to alight
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If thou have leopard’s heart,
An eagle’s piercing eye,
Easily thou can play your part
Sans lexicon and learning high
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Your source is light, so pure you are!
Apple of heaven’s eye, sure you are!
Your captives are nymphs and angels
For Eagle of the Great Emperor you are!
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The raven who would never soar
is spoiling eaglet more and more
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Inspired by eagles, youthful hearts
Seek gleaming goal in the galaxies
With noble traits eagle you are
In realm of birds regal you are
Your abode is not royal palace’s dome
On the rocks of mountains is your home
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An aged eagle said to eaglet, "you are so high
So easy for you is even the lofty sky
By sweatening blood, through strain and strife
You sweeten the bitterness of life
The pouncing act on dove you make
is more relishing than blood you take
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Different are eagle and vulture
Quite dissimilar is their culture
Their flight is though in the same air
Their worlds are poles apart
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It’s deplorable and incredible
You don’t happen to be eagle
Ah! Nature’s cues you don’t observe
The Creator’s intent you don’t serve
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Teaching heritage is in the hands of those
Who are, indeed, likened to crows
They pose to possess the falcons' ranks
How in vain do they knit their brows!
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The sage in the sky of views soared higher
But courage and honour he couldn't acquire
Though his thoughts were full of chemistry
He was deprived of love's mystery
The vulture in the air like an eagle did dive
But couldn't get the relish of catching prey alive
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The school administers do not know
About teaching system, poor and low
Against all those complain I must
Eaglets are groveling in the dust
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Ant and Eagle
Ant
I am downtrodden, neglected, dismal, depressed
More elevated than the stars, you are so blessed
Eagle
You hanker after your subsistence in the soil
I don't care even for the skies; so I am royal
(Verses from Bal-i-Jibreel:Translated by Iqbal A. Rashid)
