Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Parts I & II — Page 99
PART TWO اگر گرددت دیده عقل باز بجوئی رو حق ز عجز و نیاز If your mind were to open to see reason, You would seek the path of God with humility and submission. طلبگار گردی بصدق ولی بخواب اندر اندیشہ ہم نگسلی Then you would seek Him with a sincere heart, And would not be unmindful of Him even in your dreams. مگر چوں حق بازیابی نشان نگیری دے استراحت ازاں Then you would not find a moment's rest, Until you found Him and of His existence became aware. اجل برسرت ہستی ات چوں حباب توزیں ساں سر اندر نہادہ بخواب Death awaits you, and your existence is no more than a bubble, And yet you sleep on carelessly. باباء و اجداد پیشیں نگر کہ چون در گذشتند زیں رہگذر Look back at your forefathers, How they passed away from this world. بیادت نماندست انجام شان فراموش کردی در اندک زمان You forgot what happened to them; You forgot their end so soon. خودت با اجل چیست از مکر و بند چه دیوار داری کشیده بلند What stratagem have you to escape death? Have you erected a rampart to protect yourself? 99