مکاني ہوں کہ آزاد مکاں ہوں
English title: Am I bound by space, or beyond space?
مکاني ہوں کہ آزاد مکاں ہوںجہاں بيں ہوں کہ خود سارا جہاں ہوں
وہ اپني لامکاني ميں رہيں مست!مجھے اتنا بتا ديں ميں کہاں ہوں
Am I bound by space, or beyond space? A world-observer, or a world myself? Let Him remain happy in His Infinitude, but condescend to tell me where I am.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Bal-e-Jibril — مکاني ہوں کہ آزاد مکاں ہوں — 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 Naim Siddiqui; English Translation by: Naim SiddiquiSource