کرم تيرا کہ بے جوہر نہيں ميں
English title: Thank Thee, O Lord, I am not without talent born
کرم تيرا کہ بے جوہر نہيں ميںغلام طغرل و سنجر نہيں ميں
جہاں بيني مري فطرت ہے ليکنکسي جمشيد کا ساغر نہيں ميں
Thank Thee, O Lord, I am not without talent born; I am not a slave of kings and potentates. Though born I am with a power to see the world, I belong to none, like Jamsheed's all-seeing glass.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Bal-e-Jibril — کرم تيرا کہ بے جوہر 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 Naeem Siddiqui; English Translation by: Naeem SiddiquiSource