Create an awake heart, for the heart remains asleep until either your strike or my strike is felt.

This profound couplet by Allama Iqbal is a call to maintain a state of perpetual wakefulness and passion. The poet urges us to cultivate a 'heart of the awake' (Dil-e-bedar), because until either the beloved or the lover strikes the first blow (the moment of action), the heart remains trapped in a state of deep sleep or illusion. It's a powerful reminder that life and love require constant vigilance and effort.