خرد سے راہرو روشن بصر ہے
English title: Reason is but a wayside lamp that gives
خرد سے راہرو روشن بصر ہےخرد کيا ہے ، چراغ رہ گزر ہے
درون خانہ ہنگامے ہيں کيا کيا!چراغ رہ گزر کو کيا خبر ہے
Reason makes the traveller sharp-sighted. What is reason? It is a lamp that lights up our path. The commotion raging inside the house: What does the traveller’s lamp know of it!
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Bal-e-Jibril — خرد سے راہرو روشن بصر ہے — 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 Mustansir Mir; English Translation by: Mustansir MirSource