ضمير لالہ مے لعل سے ہوا لبريز
English title: By dint of Spring the poppy‐cup
By dint of spring the poppy-cup, with vintage red is over-flown: With her advent the hermit too temperance to the wind hath thrown.
When great and mighty force of Love at some place its flag doth raise, beggars dressed in rags and sack become heirs true to King Parvez.
Antique the stars and old the dome in which they roam about and move: I long for new and virgin soil where my mettle I may prove.
The stir and roar of Judgement Day hath no dread for me at all: Thine roving glance doth work on me like the Last Day’s Trumpet Call.
Snatch not from me the blessing great of sighs heaved at early morn: With a casual loving look weaken not thine fierce scorn.
My sad and broken heart disdains the spring and dower that she brings: Too joyous the song of nightingale! I feel more gloomy when it sings.
Unwise are those who tell and preach accord with times and the age. If the world befits you not, a war against it you must wage.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Bal-e-Jibril — ضمير لالہ مے لعل سے ہوا لبريز — Digital transcription file at commit 39d44fc0c2b8ca25769c4b36e6eac4d90cb42b35; the source dataset does not identify the underlying print edition.Verified against this pinned digital transcription file; not checked against a print edition.Source
- Iqbal Demystified source list: Bal-e-Jibril — Pinned digital dataset commit 39d44fc0c2b8ca25769c4b36e6eac4d90cb42b35; the underlying print edition is not identified by the dataset.Community dataset list; not reconciled against a print edition.Source
- Bal-e-Jibril English translation at allama-iqbal.com — — Public digital poem page, retrieved 2026-10-06; pinned to allama-iqbal.com commit 82547635bb6b758c45082084b2f152fc453a8056.Translation by Syed Akbar Ali Shah; English Translation by: Syed Akbar Ali ShahSource
