Poem About Nations

‘The life span of an individual is sixty or seventy years;
but a century is for the nation a single breath…
The individual is kept alive
by the concomitance of soul and flesh,
but the nation lives by guarding its history.’

‎فرد پور شصت و ہفتاد است و بس
‎قوم را صد سال مثل یک نفس
‎زندہ فرد از ارتباط جان و تن
‎زندہ قوم از حفظ ناموس کہن

– Allama Iqbal