يہي آدم ہے سلطاں بحر و بر کا
English title: So man is the powerful lord of land and seas!
يہي آدم ہے سلطاں بحر و بر کاکہوں کيا ماجرا اس بے بصر کا
نہ خود بيں ، نے خدا بيں نے جہاں بيں!يہي شہکار ہے تيرے ہنر کا
So man is the powerful lord of land and seas! A lord of the world with an eye that hardly sees! He knows neither himself, nor God, nor the world. Is this, O Lord, Thy greatest masterpiece?
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Bal-e-Jibril — يہي آدم ہے سلطاں بحر و بر کا — 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