يہ کون غزل خواں ہے پرسوز و نشاط انگيز
English title: Who is this composer of ghazals, who is burningly passionate and cheerful
Who is this composer of ghazals, who is burningly passionate and cheerful? He makes the thoughts of the wise full of madness.
Although poverty also has royal characteristics, kingship is only half complete without a kingdom.
Now in the cell of the Sufi, the same poverty has not remained: The poverty whose charter is written in the blood of the hearts of lions.
Ah circle of dervishes, see how the man of God is, in whose collar is the tumult of Judgment’s Day!
Who is as bright as a flame by the heat of repetition of God’s name; who is quicker than the lightning by the swiftness of his thought.
Kingship gives rise to signs of madness: They are the scalpels of Allah, be they Taimur or Genghis.
Thus Iraq and Persia give me praise for my verse: This Indian infidels sheds blood without swords or spears.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Bal-e-Jibril — يہ کون غزل خواں ہے پرسوز و نشاط انگيز — 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 D.J. Matthews; English Translation by: D.J. MatthewsSource