سوار ناقہ و محمل نہيں ميں
English title: I am not a pursuer, nor a traveller
سوار ناقہ و محمل نہيں ميںنشان جادہ ہوں ، منزل نہيں ميں
مري تقدير ہے خاشاک سوزيفقط بجلي ہوں ميں ، حاصل نہيں ميں
I am not a pursuer, nor a traveller; I am not a goal, but a narrow track. I am not a harvest, but a thunder-bolt, born to set fire to straw, buried in the dust.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Bal-e-Jibril — سوار ناقہ و محمل نہيں ميں — 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