ہے ياد مجھے نکتہ سلمان خوش آہنگ
English title: Salman, the mellifluous, In words of power and wit
ہے ياد مجھے نکتہ سلمان خوش آہنگدنيا نہيں مردان جفاکش کے ليے تنگ
From Salman*, singer sweet, this subtle point I know: That world is wide enough for those who courage show.
چيتے کا جگر چاہيے ، شاہيں کا تجسسجي سکتے ہيں بے روشني دانش و فرہنگ
A man can live without the light of science and art; but needs hawk’s zeal for quest and tiger’s reckless heart.
کر بلبل و طاؤس کي تقليد سے توبہ!بلبل فقط آواز ہے ، طاؤس فقط رنگ
Desist from imitation of peacock and nightingale: The one is only hue, the other chant and wail.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Bal-e-Jibril — ہے ياد مجھے نکتہ سلمان خوش آہنگ — 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