<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=342289" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>First Date Tree Saeeded By Abdul Rahman The Firs</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">You are the apple of my eye,<br>My heart's delight:<br>I am remote from my valley,<br>To me you are the Burning Bush of Sinai! <br>You are a houri of the Arabian Desert,<br>Nursed by the Western breeze.<br>I feel homesick in exile,<br>You feel homesick in exile:</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Prosper in this strange land! <br>May the morning dew quench your thirst! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The world presents a strange sight:<br>The vision's mantle is torn apart—<br>May valour struggle with the waves if it must,<br>The other side of the river is not to be seen! <br>Life owes itself to the heat of one's soul:<br>Flame does not rise from dust.<br>The Syrian evening's fallen star<br>Shined brighter in the exile's dawn.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">There are no frontiers for the Man of Faith,<br>He is at home everywhere.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">[Translated by the Editors]</div><div style="margin:10px 0">*<br>That blood of pristine vigour is no more; <br>That yearning heart's power is no more; <br>Prayer, fasting, hajj, sacrifice survive,<br>But in thee nature's old dower is no more.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">[Translated by Naim Siddiqui]</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Not: These verses from Abdul Rahman the First<br>are quoted in Tarikh al Muqqari. The<br>following Urdu poem is a liberal<br>translation (the tree mentioned here was<br>planted in Madinatut Zahra)</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Allama+Muhammad+Iqbal">Allama Muhammad Iqbal</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=342289" data-title="First Date Tree Saeeded By Abdul Rahman The Firs de Allama Muhammad Iqbal" data-description="You are the apple of my eye, My heart's delight: I am remote from my valley, To me you are the Burning Bush of Sinai! You are a houri of the Arabian Desert, Nursed by the Western breeze. I feel homesick in exile, You feel homesick in exile: Pros..."></div> </div> </div>

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