خدائي اہتمام خشک و تر ہے
English title: To be God is to do a million tasks
خدائي اہتمام خشک و تر ہےخداوندا! خدائي درد سر ہے
!وليکن بندگي ، استغفراللہيہ درد سر نہيں ، درد جگر ہے
To be God is to do a million tasks; To be God, no doubt, is a wearisome headache; But-pardon me, O Lord-to be a man, Is not a headache, but a heartache.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Bal-e-Jibril — خدائي اہتمام خشک و تر 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 Not identified by publisher; This page does not name a translator.Source