نادر شاہ افغان
English title: Nadir Shah Afghan
حضور حق سے چلا لے کے لولوئے لالاوہ ابر جس سے رگ گل ہے مثل تار نفس
Laden with pearls departed from the presence-hall of God that cloud that makes the pulse of life stir in the rose-bud's vein.
بہشت راہ ميں ديکھا تو ہو گيا بيتابعجب مقام ہے ، جي چاہتا ہے جاؤں برس
And on its way saw Paradise, and trembled with desire | That on such exquisite abode it might descend in rain.
صدا بہشت سے آئي کہ منتظر ہے تراہرات و کابل و غزني کا سبزئہ نورس
A voice sounded from Paradise: 'They wait for you afar, | Kabul and Ghazni and Herat, and their new-springing grass;
سرشک ديدہ نادر بہ داغ لالہ فشاں!چناں کہ آتش او را دگر فرونہ نشاں
Scatter the tear from Nadir's eye on the poppy's burning scar, | That never more may be put out the poppy's glowing fire!
نادر شاہ افغان کے آنسوؤں کو لالے کے داغ پر اس طرح چھڑک دے کہ پھر اس داغ کی آگ کبھی بجھنے نہ پائے
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Bal-e-Jibril — نادر شاہ افغان — 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
- Reviewed exact Persian line-language classifications for the digital Urdu collectionsSource
- Bal-e-Jibril English translation at allama-iqbal.com — Nadir Shah Of Afghanistan — Public digital poem page, retrieved 2026-10-06; pinned to allama-iqbal.com commit 82547635bb6b758c45082084b2f152fc453a8056.Translation by V G Kiernan; English Translation by: V G KiernanSource
- Bal-e-Jibril: published Urdu field at allama-iqbal.com — Public poem data pinned to allama-iqbal.com repository commit 82547635bb6b758c45082084b2f152fc453a8056; source path allama-iqbal-com-content/bal-e-jibreel/04/35.json.Translation by Not separately identified; The published Urdu field does not separately identify its translator. No English translator credit is reused.Source
- Poems from Iqbal — First edition, 1955Translation by V. G. Kiernan; Published English translations attributed to V. G. Kiernan; the 231 previously imported exact passages remain, with one additional independently reviewed final standalone line at PDF page 100. Each new locator names its exact passage scope.Source