عشق سے پيدا نوائے زندگي ميں زير و بم
English title: Through Love the song of Life
عشق سے پيدا نوائے زندگي ميں زير و بمعشق سے مٹي کي تصويروں ميں سوز وم بہ دم
Through Love the song of Life begets its rhythmic flow: From Love the shapes of clay derive an endless glow.
آدمي کے ريشے ريشے ميں سما جاتا ہے عشقشاخ گل ميں جس طرح باد سحر گاہي کا نم
Love makes its way to all the pores in human flesh: Like dewy wind of morn that makes the rose twig fresh.
اپنے رازق کو نہ پہچانے تو محتاج ملوکاور پہچانے تو ہيں تيرے گدا دارا و جم
If man denies his God, on kings he has to fawn: By trust in God, the kings to his door are drawn.
دل کي آزادي شہنشاہي ، شکم سامان موت!فيصلہ تيرا ترے ہاتھوں ميں ہے ، دل يا شکم
Free heart lends kingly state, to belly death is due: Decide which of the two is better in your view.
اے مسلماں! اپنے دل سے پوچھ ، ملا سے نہ پوچھہوگيا اللہ کے بندوں سے کيوں خالي حرم
O Muslim, search your heart, of mullah don’t ask it: ‘The sacred House of God, the righteous why have quit?’
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Bal-e-Jibril — عشق سے پيدا نوائے زندگي ميں زير و بم — 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