اقبال نے کل اہل خياباں کو سنايا
English title: Iqbal recited once in a garden in spring
اقبال نے کل اہل خياباں کو سنايايہ شعر نشاط آور و پر سوز طرب ناک
ميں صورت گل دست صبا کا نہيں محتاجکرتا ہے مرا جوش جنوں ميري قبا چاک
Iqbal recited once in a garden in spring a couplet cheerful and bright in tone and spirit: Unlike the rose, I need no breeze to blossom. My soul doth blossom with my ecstasy.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Bal-e-Jibril — اقبال نے کل اہل خياباں کو سنايا — 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 — Stanza — Public digital poem page, retrieved 2026-10-06; pinned to allama-iqbal.com commit 82547635bb6b758c45082084b2f152fc453a8056.Translation by Naim Siddiqui; English Translation by: Naim SiddiquiSource