A Critical Review of the Pamphlet, 'Fateh-e-Qadian' — Page 117
Appreciation of Flowers. . . The well known Punjabi poet Muhammad Bakhsh, whose poems abound in shining gems of similes and metaphors, says: Appreciation of the flowers is known to the nightingale; of the illumined mind Appreciation of the flowers cannot be known by the vulture; devourer of the dead corpse. If you need to ask of the appreciation and worth of the fragrance of the flowers, their colourful beauty, their blossom and their elegance, do not ask the vulture who is eager to see the living suffer death and then devour their helpless corpses which rot and stink. Ask the nightingale whose mind is clear, who loves the grace and elegance of the blossoming and flourishing, colourful and beautiful saplings because they possess the capacity to grow, to live and to grant life. She knows the worth of the beauty of the flower, its refulgence, its fragrance and its colourful elegance.