Sakhtiyan karta hoon dil par, ghair se ghafil hoon main

...I am harsh upon my heart; of all else, heedless I am. ...ah, how well it is said: a tyrant I am, an ignorant one I am. ...the falsehood that vanishes when the Truth appears, I am. ...alas, my deprivation! A gatherer of worthless shards on the shore, I am. ...that heedless one for whose neglect the very angels weep, I am. ...you are but an image of the Assembly, while the Assembly itself, I am.

I wander, searching for my own self, O Iqbal; For I am the traveler, and the destination I am.