باغي مريد
English title: DISCIPLES IN REVOLT
ہم کو تو ميسر نہيں مٹي کا ديا بھيگھر پير کا بجلي کے چراغوں سے ہے روشن
I am not blessed even with a kerosene lamp; but the pir’s home is decked with chandeliers imported.
شہري ہو، دہاتي ہو، مسلمان ہے سادہمانند بتاں پجتے ہيں کعبے کے برہمن
Town or village, the Muslim’s a duffer— | To his Brahmins like idols he prays.
نذرانہ نہيں ، سود ہے پيران حرم کاہر خرقہء سالوس کے اندر ہے مہاجن
Not mere gifts—compound interest these saints want, | In each hair‐shirt a usurer’s dressed,
ميراث ميں آئي ہے انھيں مسند ارشاد!زاغوں کے تصرف ميں عقابوں کے نشيمن
Who inherits his seat of authority | Like a crow in the eagle’s old nest.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Bal-e-Jibril — باغي مريد — 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 Rebellious Disciple — Public digital poem page, retrieved 2026-10-06; pinned to allama-iqbal.com commit 82547635bb6b758c45082084b2f152fc453a8056.Translation by Not identified by publisher; This page does not name a translator.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