ہر اک مقام سے آگے گزر گيا مہ نو
English title: The crescent has surpassed
ہر اک مقام سے آگے گزر گيا مہ نوکمال کس کو ميسر ہوا ہے بے تگ و دو
Through many a stage the crescent goes and then at last full moon it grows: Perfection no one can attain, save by dint of strife and strain.
نفس کے زور سے وہ غنچہ وا ہوا بھي تو کياجسے نصيب نہيں آفتاب کا پرتو
The bud that gets no share of light from the sun that shines so bright, and opens through its inner urge is bereft of life’s full surge.
نگاہ پاک ہے تيري تو پاک ہے دل بھيکہ دل کو حق نے کيا ہے نگاہ کا پيرو
If your gaze of sins be free, then chaste and pure your heart shall be, for God the Mighty has decreed that heart shall follow and gaze shall lead.
پنپ سکا نہ خياباں ميں لالہ دل سوزکہ ساز گار نہيں يہ جہان گندم و جو
The tulip red with heart afire in avenue could not thrive and spire, as this world of corn and wheat for tulip wild could not be meet.
رہے نہ ايبک و غوري کے معرکے باقيہميشہ تازہ و شيريں ہے نغمہ خسرو
Great wars by Aibak and Ghauri fought by the world are all forgot; but the lays of Khusrau still our hearts with joy and pleasure fill.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Bal-e-Jibril — ہر اک مقام سے آگے گزر گيا مہ نو — 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