نصيحت
English title: AN ADVICE
بچہء شاہيں سے کہتا تھا عقاب سالخورداے تيرے شہپر پہ آساں رفعت چرخ بريں
An eagle, advanced in years, advised an eaglet thus: O thou, whose wings may one day aspire to the heavens above.
ہے شباب اپنے لہو کي آگ ميں جلنے کا نامسخت کوشي سے ہے تلخ زندگاني انگبيں
Be consumed in the fire of thy own youthful blood; endurance sweetens all the sourness of life.
!جو کبوتر پر جھپٹنے ميں مزا ہے اے پسروہ مزا شايد کبوتر کے لہو ميں بھي نہيں
More pleasure there is in pouncing upon thy prey, than in sucking the blood from its vanquished stillness.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Bal-e-Jibril — نصيحت — 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 — An Advice — Public digital poem page, retrieved 2026-10-06; pinned to allama-iqbal.com commit 82547635bb6b758c45082084b2f152fc453a8056.Translation by Naim Siddiqui; English Translation by: Naim SiddiquiSource