کي حق سے فرشتوں نے اقبال کي غمازي
English title: To God the angels did complain
کي حق سے فرشتوں نے اقبال کي غمازيگستاخ ہے ، کرتا ہے فطرت کي حنا بندي
To God the angels did complain ’gainst Iqbal and did say that rude and insolent is he, Nature he paints much gay.
خاکي ہے مگر اس کے انداز ہيں افلاکيرومي ہے نہ شامي ہے ، کاشي نہ سمرقندي
Though born of mud and water, yet a god assumes to be: Not bound to any home or land, of earthly ties is free.
سکھلائي فرشتوں کو آدم کي تڑپ اس نے!آدم کو سکھاتا ہے آداب خداوندي
To throngs of Heaven he has taught, like man, to fret and pine. To clay-made man he fain would teach the wont and mode divine.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Bal-e-Jibril — کي حق سے فرشتوں نے اقبال کي غمازي — 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