امين راز ہے مردان حر کي درويشي
English title: The free by dint of faqr
امين راز ہے مردان حر کي درويشيکہ جبرئيل سے ہے اس کو نسبت خويشي
The free by dint of faqr; life’s secrets can disclose: With Gabriel faqr is bound by ties of kinship close.
کسے خبر کہ سفينے ڈبو چکي کتنےفقيہ و صوفي و شاعر کي نا خوش انديشي
The scholar, mystic and the bard, by thinking wrong: Many a bark have sunk that was sound and strong.
نگاہ گرم کہ شيروں کے جس سے ہوش اڑ جائيںنہ آہ سرد کہ ہے گوسفندي و ميشي
You need a burning glance that cows down lions bold: Only the sheep and goats heave sighs deep and cold.
طبيب عشق نے ديکھا مجھے تو فرماياترا مرض ہے فقط آرزو کي بے نيشي
Love’s physician scanned my face and thus he did bespeak: ‘You have no ailment, but your zeal is faint and weak’.
وہ شے کچھ اور ہے کہتے ہيں جان پاک جسےيہ رنگ و نم ، يہ لہو ، آب و ناں کي ہے بيشي
The soul that knows no stain is something quite discreet: The glow and tint of blood is wrought by bread and meat.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Bal-e-Jibril — امين راز ہے مردان حر کي درويشي — 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