Song Of Despair (Iqbal's Shikwa)

                                            Song Of Despair Part- 12

                                                 (Iqbal’s Shikwa)

                       Thou perfected Islam on the peak of the Faran,

                       At a prophetic call people entered into Islam in masses,

                       The ultimate of devotion was a burning fire in the heart,

                       This burning fire infused a life of holiness in masses,

                       Why today our hearts are devoid of that burning fire?

                       We are the same scorched firewood, doth thou not remember?

                                                                                                                                                                   

                       Muslims no more raise revolution to change their state,

                       They are no more provoked by the plight of the Ummah,

                       Neither they have that courage nor that ego nor conscience,

                       House of Islam is deserted as Muslims have forsaken the Sunnah,

                       Would that auspicious and blessed day come back to us again!

                       Would Thou be the core of our devotion once again!

                             (Suggestions invited to make the above more exact.)