خرد واقف نہيں ہے نيک و بد سے
English title: This reason of mine knows not good from evil
خرد واقف نہيں ہے نيک و بد سےبڑھي جاتي ہے ظالم اپني حد سے
خدا جانے مجھے کيا ہو گيا ہے!خرد بيزار دل سے ، دل خرد سے
This reason of mine knows not good from evil; and tries to exceed the bounds that nature fixed. I know not what has happened to me of late, my reason and my heart are ever at war.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Bal-e-Jibril — خرد واقف نہيں ہے نيک و بد سے — 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