ہسپانيہ
English title: Spain
ہسپانيہ تو خون مسلماں کا اميں ہےمانند حرم پاک ہے تو ميري نظر ميں
Spain! You are the trustee of the Muslim blood: In my eyes you are sanctified like the Harem.
پوشيدہ تري خاک ميں سجدوں کے نشاں ہيںخاموش اذانيں ہيں تري باد سحر ميں
Prints of prostration lie hidden in your dust; silent calls to prayers in your morning air.
روشن تھيں ستاروں کي طرح ان کي سنانيںخيمے تھے کبھي جن کے ترے کوہ و کمر ميں
In your hills and vales were the tents of those; the tips of whose lances were bright like the stars.
پھر تيرے حسينوں کو ضرورت ہے حنا کي؟!باقي ہے ابھي رنگ مرے خون جگر ميں
Is more henna needed by your pretties? My lifeblood can give them some colour!
کيونکر خس و خاشاک سے دب جائے مسلماںمانا ، وہ تب و تاب نہيں اس کے شرر ميں
How can a Muslim be put down by the straw and grass; even if his flame has lost its heat and fire!
غرناطہ بھي ديکھا مري آنکھوں نے و ليکنتسکين مسافر نہ سفر ميں نہ حضر ميں
My eyes watched Granada as well, but the traveller’s content neither in journey nor in rest:
ديکھا بھي دکھايا بھي ، سنايا بھي سنا بھي!ہے دل کي تسلي نہ نظر ميں ، نہ خبر ميں
I saw as well as showed, I spoke as well as listened; neither seeing nor learning brings calm to the heart!
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Bal-e-Jibril — ہسپانيہ — 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 — Spain — Public digital poem page, retrieved 2026-10-06; pinned to allama-iqbal.com commit 82547635bb6b758c45082084b2f152fc453a8056.Translation by Naeem Siddiqui; English Translation by: Naeem SiddiquiSource