Iqbal's Shaheen
"Iqbal's Shaheen"
The Shaheen is of global importance, but its greatness in Urdu literature was most highlighted by Allama Muhammad Iqbal.
There is no arrogance or pride in the self-indulgence and arrogance. Even if there is pride, it is not without pleasure.
The gaze of love is in search of the living heart.
The dead victim is not a deserving Shahbaz.
Among the concepts that have taken the form of symbols in Iqbal's poetry, the concept of Shaheen holds a distinctive position. It was at the beginning of the twentieth century that Iqbal's first poem "Himala" came to the public scene. After that, for five or six years, such poems of his continued to appear before the country, which were a reflection of his patriotism, taste for beauty and harmony of nature. We find the first appearance of Shahbaz in Iqbal's poetry in his early poem "Murgh Hawa"
A murgh sira said to the murgh hawa
If you are feathered, then am I not feathered
If you are fallen, then are you wind-driven, then am I also wind-driven
If you are free, then am I also trapped
A glimpse of Shaheen-e-Iqbal's biography can be seen in the famous poem "Shaheen" by "Bal Jibril", which is a monument to the rationalism of Iqbal's era.
Have I escaped from this desert
Where the name of sustenance is water and grain
The solitude of the desert pleases me
Since ancient times, nature is a mortal nun
Iqbal and Shaheen:
Iqbal has presented Shaheen as a special symbol in his poetry. And his beloved bird is Parand. For Iqbal, it has the same importance as the nightingale for Keats and the skylark for Shelley, but in a sense, the status of the falcon is higher than them because the falcon has accumulated certain qualities that are consistent with Iqbal's basic teachings. Thus, in Iqbal's poetry, fireflies, butterflies, peacocks, nightingales, pigeons, deer, etc. have been mentioned. But he prefers the falcon to all of them. Iqbal has preferred the falcon and the falcon instead of the nightingale and the moon in similes and metaphors. Dr. Yusuf Khan writes that,
"What most stimulates Iqbal's intuition and emotions in poetry is the manifestation of "power". This is why he prefers the falcon and the falcon instead of the similes of the nightingale and the moon."
Iqbal loves glory more than beauty. Iqbal has no interest in birds whose importance is only aesthetic or which are messengers of peace rather than movement.
Repentance from imitating the nightingale and peacock
The nightingale is only a sound, the peacock is only a color
No Urdu poet has seen the falcon from this perspective. In Bal Jibril's poem "Shaheen", Iqbal has presented the falcon thus.
From the street vendors, it is necessary to avoid
Their performances are very charming
I am not hungry for pigeons and doves
That is the asceticism of a life-seeker
Swooping, turning, swooping back and forth
It is an excuse to keep the blood warm
This east, this west, the world of squares
My eyes are boundless
I am a dervish of the world of birds
That does not make falcons, does it?
Iqbal's falcon's characteristics:
If we examine the qualities of the falcon, which Iqbal himself has mentioned and which made it his favorite animal, in the light of Iqbal's words, we can further help in understanding Iqbal's concept of the falcon. These qualities are described below.
Pride and self-restraint:
Pride and self-restraint are the greatest qualities of a dervish and the same is true of a falcon. That is why he does not eat the grain with a rooster that he gets because of the kindness of others, nor does he eat dead prey like a vulture. The difference between a dervish and a philosopher is that a vulture can fly high, but living prey, that is, reality, is not in his destiny.
He had high hair but was not brave or jealous
The wise man was not fortunate in love
Then the vulture in the sky, although a falcon, was not fortunate in the pleasure of living prey
Poverty and self-sufficiency:
Poverty is also a major characteristic of a male dervish according to Iqbal, just as a falcon cannot enslave a raven, similarly a falcon does not consider kings. Iqbal says that a falcon should avoid the company of ravens and ravens. In the company of ravens and ravens, the falcon's ability to catch live prey will die and he will become greedy like them and lose his hand in poverty. In this way, by developing the qualities of a falcon, a fakir will not play the game of hunting any bird, pigeon or dove, but he will conquer nature and the universe or fight against the forces of falsehood.
This poverty creates in a man
the glory of Allah's selflessness
death to the miser and the bath
his place is ShahbaziNot building a nest:
Iqbal also likes the falcon's saying that it does not build a nest, building a nest is a humiliation of its poverty.
It spends its time in the mountains and deserts
That it is a humiliation for falcons to build nests
Like falcons, dervishes also consider accumulating capital to be against the nature of dervishes. Iqbal tells falcons to make their nests not on the dome of the Sultan's palace but in the rocks of the mountains. In his opinion, when the eagle spirit is born in the youth, they see their destination in the sky.
When the eagle spirit awakens in the youth,
they see their destination in the sky
They do not live on the dome of the Sultan's palace
So falcons have made their nests in the rocks of the mountains
Flying high:
One of the qualities of Iqbal's falcon is its lofty flight. Iqbal likes the lofty flight of the falcon because it exposes his ambitions to new possibilities.
Do not be satisfied with the world of colors and smells.
There are other flowers and other things.
So falcons are flight, your work is yours.
There are other skies in front of you.
Preference for solitude:
Iqbal's falcon is a lover of solitude. He avoids the company of pigeons, pigeons or crows. Iqbal does not like a falcon that has grown up among the birds because it becomes alienated from the ritual of the falcon. Iqbal says that birds and falcons, despite flying in the same air, are different from each other.
The high flight born in the hawk did not happen
The company of the hawk spoiled the hawk's child
That deceived hawk who grew up among the hawks
What does he know about the ritual of the hawk
Both fly in the same atmosphere
The world of the hawk is another world of the hawk
Sharp eyesight:
Iqbal also likes the sharp eyesight and farsightedness of the hawk. This is the same characteristic that he thinks a believer should have. The flight of the hawk broadens his vision. Iqbal says that what other birds know about those places that are hidden in the maze of the blue sky? Only the sharp eyesight of Shahbaz can see them.
But O Shahbaz, these birds of the desert
Are untouchable
Unaware of the maze of the blue sky
What do they know about the state and location of this bird
The soul whose tail flies is a sight to beholdHard work:
Iqbal is a preacher of struggle and hard work. This quality is also found in the eagle. Iqbal wants to create these qualities of the eagle in Muslim youth and make them the embodiment of action and behavior. Iqbal gave this lesson through the mouth of an old eagle while advising his children that life can be made happy through hard work and hard work.
Youth is the name of burning in the fire of your blood.
Hard work is the bitterness of life.
Hard work is actually an excuse to keep the blood warm.
To swoop down, to swoop down, to swoop down
It is an excuse to keep the blood warm.
Iqbal has written two poems titled Ant and Eagle. In them, the ant asks the eagle.
I am trampled, humiliated, troubled and painful.
Why is your position higher than the stars?
The eagle answers.
The falcon finds its way in the dust of the road
I do not even bring the falcon into my sight
Strength and energy:
Iqbal likes the falcon because it is powerful. All manifestations of strength and energy are very dear to Iqbal. Iqbal does not like the peacock, the falcon and the nightingale because they are merely symbols of powerless beauty. Similarly, birds like the partridge and the pigeon become prey simply because of their weakness. Iqbal has explained this very beautifully in one of his poems. He says,
It is well known about Abu Lala Maari that he never ate meat. A friend sent him a roasted partridge to encourage him. Instead of Maari praising the partridge after seeing this delicious dish, he started sorting out his philosophy. Addressing the partridge, he said, "Do you know why you were arrested and reached this state and what is the sin for which you have been punished in the form of death? Listen!"
Alas, alas, if you did not become a falcon
Your eyes did not see the signs of nature
This is the fatwa of the judge of fate from eternity
The crime of weakness is the punishment of death.
Freedom:
Iqbal loves the value of freedom and independence very much. He also sees this value in the nature of the falcon. Iqbal's falcon cannot be a trained falcon of princes and sultans, but freedom is necessary for it.
Curiosity:
According to Iqbal, curiosity is possible for the falcon only in the world of freedom, otherwise the servile mentality makes it cowardly and weak.
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