نے مہرہ باقي ، نے مہرہ بازي
English title: Over the tussle of heart and head
نے مہرہ باقي ، نے مہرہ بازيجيتا ہے رومي ، ہارا ہے رازي
Over the tussle of heart and head Rumi has won and Rizi fled.
روشن ہے جام جمشيد اب تکشاہي نہيں ہے بے شيشہ بازي
Still bowl of Jamshid is alive, without guile kingship cannot thrive.
دل ہے مسلماں ميرا نہ تيرا!تو بھي نمازي ، ميں بھي نمازي
Both you and I aren’t Muslims true, though we say the prayers due.
ميں جانتا ہوں انجام اس کاجس معرکے ميں ملا ہوں غازي
I know the end of wrangle well where mullahs at each other yell.
ترکي بھي شيريں ، تازي بھي شيريںحرف محبت ترکي نہ تازي
Turkish and Arabic both are sweet, for talk of Love all tongues are meet.
آزر کا پيشہ خارا تراشيکار خليلاں خارا گدازي
The breed of Azar idols make, but Friends of God these idols break.
تو زندگي ہے ، پائندگي ہےباقي ہے جو کچھ ، سب خاک بازي
You are alive and live for aye the rest is all a play with clay.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Bal-e-Jibril — نے مہرہ باقي ، نے مہرہ بازي — 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