Nations are born in the hearts of poets, they prosper and die in the hands of politicians.

Nations are born in the hearts of poets, they prosper and die in the hands of politicians.

民族是在诗人心中诞生的，他们繁荣昌盛，却在政治家手中消亡。

-- Muhammad Iqbal 穆罕默德·伊克巴尔