Life, after Death he tastes, He, who Journeys to madīnah O Hassan! And Death, after Life he tastes, He, who returns, Leaving behind Madīnah
Mughal poet laureate, Ibrahim Zawq writes in praise of Delhi in dīnoñ gar-chey dakkan meyñ hay baṛī qadr-i sukhan, kawn jāey zawq par dillī kī galliyāñ chhoṛ kar? though the deccan these days brims with esteem for the craft of verse, who, o zawq, would journey thither - forsaking the alleys of delhi? Mawlana Hasan Rida Khan writes in praise of al-Madinah al-Munawwarah seyr-i gulshan kawn deykhey dasht-i ṭaybah chhoṛ kar, sū-i jannat kawn jāey dar tumhārā chhoṛ kar. who would behold heaven’s splendour - forsaking the desert of ṭaybah? who would tread toward paradise - forsaking thy hallow’d threshold? mar key jītey hayñ jo unkey dar pey jātey hayñ ḥasan, jī key martey heyñ jo ātey heyñ madīnah chhoṛ kar.
