پروانہ اور جگنو
English title: THE MOTH AND THE FIREFLY
پروانہ
پروانے کي منزل سے بہت دور ہے جگنوکيوں آتش بے سوز پہ مغرور ہے جگنو
MOTH: The firefly is so far removed from the status of the moth! Why is it so proud of a fire that cannot burn?
جگنو
اللہ کا سو شکر کہ پروانہ نہيں ميںدريوزہ گر آتش بيگانہ نہيں ميں
FIRE FLY: God be thanked a hundred times that I am not a moth: That I am no beggar of alien fire!
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Bal-e-Jibril — پروانہ اور جگنو — 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 — The Moth And The Firefly — Public digital poem page, retrieved 2026-10-06; pinned to allama-iqbal.com commit 82547635bb6b758c45082084b2f152fc453a8056.Translation by Mustansir Mir; English Translation by: Mustansir MirSource