ہر شے مسافر ، ہر چيز راہي
English title: All life is voyaging, all life in motion
ہر شے مسافر ، ہر چيز راہيکيا چاند تارے ، کيا مرغ و ماہي
The sun, the moon, the stars and all life on earth, are shackled by the tyranny of time victions of transience.
تو مرد ميداں ، تو مير لشکرنوري حضوري تيرے سپاہي
To you the champion, the lord of battle, | Bright angels offer, their swords’ devotion
کچھ قدر اپني تو نے نہ جاني!يہ بے سوادي ، يہ کم نگاہي
Regent of God on earth, thou knowest not thy worth; sunk by self-bnegation, sunk by a lack of vision.
دنيائے دوں کي کب تک غلامييا راہبي کر يا پادشاہي
How long wilt thou be a slave of the worthless world? Either be an ascetic, or a king of men.
پير حرم کو ديکھا ہے ميں نےکردار بے سوز ، گفتار واہي
I know our priesthood, how faint in action, | In sermons pouring, a languid lotion.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Bal-e-Jibril — ہر شے مسافر ، ہر چيز راہي — 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 Naeem Siddiqui; English Translation by: Naeem SiddiquiSource
- Poems from Iqbal — First edition, 1955Translation by V. G. Kiernan; Published English translations attributed to V. G. Kiernan; the 231 previously imported exact passages remain, with one additional independently reviewed final standalone line at PDF page 100. Each new locator names its exact passage scope.Source