جاويد کے نام
English title: To Javid
خودي کے ساز ميں ہے عمر جاوداں کا سراغخودي کے سوز سے روشن ہيں امتوں کے چراغ
A nation’s life is illumined by Selfhood; Selfhood is the pathway to everlasting life.
يہ ايک بات کہ آدم ہے صاحب مقصود!ہزار گونہ فروغ و ہزار گونہ فراغ
This one thing that Adam is not without the purpose: A manifold life, a manifold leisure!
ہوئي نہ زاغ ميں پيدا بلند پروازيخراب کر گئي شاہيں بچے کو صحبت زاغ
arth-bound crows cannot aspire to the cagle’s flights, but they corrupt the eagle’s lofty, noble habits.
حيا نہيں ہے زمانے کي آنکھ ميں باقيخدا کرے کہ جواني تري رہے بے داغ
May God make thee a virtuous, blameless youth; thou livest in an age deprived of decency.
ٹھہر سکا نہ کسي خانقاہ ميں اقبالکہ ہے ظريف و خوش انديشہ و شگفتہ دماغ
Iqbal was not at ease in a monastery, for he is bright, and sprightly, and full of wit.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Bal-e-Jibril — جاويد کے نام — 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 — To Javaid — Public digital poem page, retrieved 2026-10-06; pinned to allama-iqbal.com commit 82547635bb6b758c45082084b2f152fc453a8056.Translation by Naim Siddiqui; English Translation by: Naim SiddiquiSource