شعور و ہوش و خرد کا معاملہ ہے عجيب
English title: Knowledge and reason work in manner strange
شعور و ہوش و خرد کا معاملہ ہے عجيبمقام شوق ميں ہيں سب دل و نظر کے رقيب
Knowledge and reason work in manner strange; in case of Love ’gainst heart and sight they range.
ميں جانتا ہوں جماعت کا حشر کيا ہو گامسائل نظري ميں الجھ گيا ہے خطيب
The end of Muslim folk I know full well’ on theoretic points their preachers dwell.
اگرچہ ميرے نشيمن کا کر رہا ہے طوافمري نوا ميں نہيں طائر چمن کا نصيب
Though bird of mead hovers my lodge around; yet has no share of my melodious sound.
سنا ہے ميں نے سخن رس ہے ترک عثمانيسنائے کون اسے اقبال کا يہ شعر غريب
The Turks, I hear, between the lines can read; who can this verse so odd convey with speed?
سمجھ رہے ہيں وہ يورپ کو ہم جوار اپنا!ستارے جن کے نشيمن سے ہيں زيادہ قريب
‘You take the West for neighbour sweet and dear; though Stars to land of yours are close and near.’
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Bal-e-Jibril — شعور و ہوش و خرد کا معاملہ ہے عجيب — 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