---
'id': '001_003'
'audioUrl': 'http://www.iqbal.com.pk/mp3/Zia%20Muhauddin%20Reads%20Bang%20e%20Dara/003-%20Ehd-e-Tifli.mp3'
'heading':
- 'lang': 'ur'
  'text': 'عہد طفلي'
- 'lang': 'en'
  'text': 'The Age of Infancy'
'description':
- 'lang': 'en'
  'text': 'Though outwardly dealing with the mundane subject of the age of infancy the main theme of this poem is that the search for the Truth and the beauty of the creation of God is one of the "Longings" bestowed on Man by Him. This faculty expresses itself from the very infancy. This is the way to learn the secrets of the universe as a step towards obtaining the knowledge of God from "Anfus -o-Afaq", which is also required by the Holy Qur’an in numerous verses, such as 2:164; 3:190; 6:95-99; 10:5-6; 17:12; 30:20-27, 46; 36:37-41; 41: 36-37, 39-40; 42:32-35; 45:3-6; 88:17-20'
'sher':
- 'id': '001_003_001'
  'meta': !!bool 'false'
  'sherContent':
  - 'lang': 'ur'
    'text': 'تھے ديار نو زمين و آسماں ميرے ليے | وسعت آغوش مادر اک جہاں ميرے ليے'
  - 'lang': 'en'
    'text': 'The earth and sky were unknown worlds to me | Only the expanse of mother''s bosom was a world to me'
  - 'lang': 'ro'
    'text': 'thay diyar e nau zameen o aasman mere liye | wussat e aaghaush e madar ek jahan mere liye'
- 'id': '001_003_002'
  'meta': !!bool 'false'
  'sherContent':
  - 'lang': 'ur'
    'text': 'تھي ہر اک جنبش نشان لطف جاں ميرے ليے | حرف بے مطلب تھي خود ميري زباں ميرے ليے'
  - 'lang': 'en'
    'text': 'Every movement was a symbol of life''s pleasure to me | My own speech was like a meaningless word to me'
  - 'lang': 'ro'
    'text': 'thi har ek junbish nishan e lutf e jaan mere liye | harf e be matlab thi khud meri zuban mere liye'
- 'id': '001_003_003'
  'meta': !!bool 'false'
  'sherContent':
  - 'lang': 'ur'
    'text': 'درد ، طفلي ميں اگر کوئي رلاتا تھا مجھے | شورش زنجير در ميں لطف آتا تھا مجھے'
  - 'lang': 'en'
    'text': 'During infancy''s pain if somebody made me cry | The noise of the door chain would comfort me'
  - 'lang': 'ro'
    'text': 'dard, tiflee mein agar koi rulata tha mujhe | shorish e zanjeer e dar mein lutf aata tha mujhe'
- 'id': '001_003_004'
  'meta': !!bool 'false'
  'sherContent':
  - 'lang': 'ur'
    'text': 'تکتے رہنا ہائے! وہ پہروں تلک سوئے قمر | وہ پھٹے بادل ميں بے آواز پا اس کا سفر'
  - 'lang': 'en'
    'text': 'Oh! How I stared at the moon for long hours | Staring at its silent journey among broken clouds'
  - 'lang': 'ro'
    'text': 'takte rehana haye! vo pehron talak suay qamar | vo phate badal mein be aawaz e paa uss ka safar'
- 'id': '001_003_005'
  'meta': !!bool 'false'
  'sherContent':
  - 'lang': 'ur'
    'text': 'پوچھنا رہ رہ کے اس کے کوہ و صحرا کي خبر | اور وہ حيرت دروغ مصلحت آميز پر'
  - 'lang': 'en'
    'text': 'I would ask repeatedly about its mountains and plains | And how surprised would I be at that prudent lie'
    'notes':
    - 'phrase': 'plains'
      'meaning': 'Allusion to the "spots" on the moon’s surface which are the shadows of its mountains but variously described in nursery rhymes and tales of fantasy .'
      'occurrence': !!int '1'
  - 'lang': 'ro'
    'text': 'pochna reh reh ke uss ke koh o sehra ki khabar | aur vo herat darogh e muslahat aamaz per'
- 'id': '001_003_006'
  'meta': !!bool 'false'
  'sherContent':
  - 'lang': 'ur'
    'text': 'آنکھ وقف ديد تھي ، لب مائل گفتار تھا | دل نہ تھا ميرا ، سراپا ذوق استفسار تھا'
  - 'lang': 'en'
    'text': 'My eye was devoted to seeing, my lip was prone to speak | My heart was no less than inquisitiveness personified'
  - 'lang': 'ro'
    'text': 'aankh waqaf e deed thi, lab mayal e guftar tha | dil na tha mera, sarapa zauq e istafsar tha'