خودي
English title: THE SELF
خودي کو نہ دے سيم و زر کے عوضنہيں شعلہ ديتے شرر کے عوض
يہ کہتا ہے فردوسي ديدہ ورعجم جس کے سرمے سے روشن بصر
ز بہر درم تند و بدخو مباش ''''تو بايد کہ باشي ، درم گو مباش
Barter not thy selfhood for silver and gold; sell not a burning flame for a spark half-cold; So says Firdowsi, the poet of vision and grace, who brought to the East the dawn of brighter days: Be not a churl for filthy lucre’s sake; count not thy coppers, whatever they may make.
روپے پیسے کے لیے غصّے میں نہ آ اور اپنی عادت میں بگاڑ پیدا نہ کر ؛ چاہیے کہ تو اپنی اصل حالت برقرار رکھے ۔ پیسہ نہیں ملتا تو نہ ملے، تیرے لیے کہاں زیبا ہے کہ اس کے پیچھے اپنی انسانیت کو برباد کرے۔
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Bal-e-Jibril — خودي — 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 — The Self — Public digital poem page, retrieved 2026-10-06; pinned to allama-iqbal.com commit 82547635bb6b758c45082084b2f152fc453a8056.Translation by Naim Siddiqui; English Translation by: Naim SiddiquiSource
- 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/04/44.json.Translation by Not separately identified; The published Urdu field does not separately identify its translator. No English translator credit is reused.Source
