لہو
English title: BLOOD
اگر لہو ہے بدن ميں تو خوف ہے نہ ہراساگر لہو ہے بدن ميں تو دل ہے بے وسواس
جسے ملا يہ متاع گراں بہا ، اس کونہ سيم و زر سے محبت ہے ، نے غم افلاس
If blood is warm in the body, there is no fear, nor anxiety, and the heart is free of tribulations. The one who has received this bounty is neither greedy for wealth nor miserable in poverty.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Bal-e-Jibril — لہو — 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 — Blood — Public digital poem page, retrieved 2026-10-06; pinned to allama-iqbal.com commit 82547635bb6b758c45082084b2f152fc453a8056.Translation by Mustansir Mir; English Translation by: Mustansir MirSource