خوشحال خاں کي وصيت
English title: THE LAST TESTAMENT OFKHUSH‐HAL KHAN KHATTAK
قبائل ہوں ملت کي وحدت ميں گمکہ ہو نام افغانيوں کا بلند
Let the tribes be lost in the unity of the nation, so that the Afghans gain prestige!
محبت مجھے ان جوانوں سے ہےستاروں پہ جو ڈالتے ہيں کمند
The youth to whom the stars are not out of bounds are the ones I love indeed:
مغل سے کسي طرح کمتر نہيںقہستاں کا يہ بچہء ارجمند
In no way is this child of the mountains inferior to the Mughal.
کہوں تجھ سے اے ہم نشيں دل کي باتوہ مدفن ہے خوشحال خاں کو پسند
May I tell you my secret, O Comrade: Khush-hal Khan would much like that his burial place be far from the reaches;
اڑا کر نہ لائے جہاں باد کوہ!مغل شہسواروں کي گرد سمند
Of the dust blown by the Mughal cavalry, carried by the mountain wind.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Bal-e-Jibril — خوشحال خاں کي وصيت — 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 Last Testament Of Khush-Hal Khan Khattak — Public digital poem page, retrieved 2026-10-06; pinned to allama-iqbal.com commit 82547635bb6b758c45082084b2f152fc453a8056.Translation by Naim Siddiqui; English Translation by: Naim SiddiquiSource
