نقشِ باشد پیش نقّاش و قلم
The sculptures are humble and
weak before
عاجز و بستہ چو کودک در شکم
creator and his instruments,
like a child in the stomach
پیش قدرت خلق جملہ بارگہ
All the creatures of this world
are in front of Allah
عاجزاں چوں پیش سوزن کارگہ
Are humble, like the clothe for
embroidery before the needle
گاہ نقشِ دیو و گہ آدم کند
Draws the pictures of satan
sometime and of human
گاہ نقشِ شادی و گہ غم کند
Sometimes depicts happiness and
sometimes, sadness
دست نے تا دست جنباند بدفع
There is no hand , which comes
forward to stop
نُطق نے تا دم زند از ضرّ و نفع
There is no speech who states
on gain or loss
These couplets are connected with Couplet 747:
نقشِ با نقّاش چوں نیر و کند
How can sculpture argue with
its creator
This says that the pictures are humble and weak before their
creator and his pen like a child in the mother’s womb, as it does not have any
authority or power there, and Allah makes his face whatever He likes, as Allah
says in Quran (3:6):
It is He who forms you in the wombs however He wills. There is no
deity except Him, the Exalted in Might, the Wise.
All the creatures of this world are similarly humble and weak
before the power of Allah like the clothes meant for embroidery before the
needle. The way needle is creating different pictures, the power of Allah
creates the pictures of satan sometimes and of human being or that of happiness
and of sadness. Neither we have hands to wave nor the speech to tell our gain
or loss from these pictures.
