چيونٹي اورعقاب
English title: THE ANT AND THE EAGLE
چيونٹي
ميں پائمال و خوار و پريشان و دردمندتيرا مقام کيوں ہے ستاروں سے بھي بلند؟
ANT: I am so miserable and forlorn: Why is your station loftier than the skies?
عقاب
تو رزق اپنا ڈھونڈتي ہے خاک راہ ميں!ميں نہ سپہر کو نہيں لاتا نگاہ ميں
EAGLE: You forage about in dusty paths; the nine heavens are as nothing to me!
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Bal-e-Jibril — چيونٹي اورعقاب — 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 Ant And The Eagle — Public digital poem page, retrieved 2026-10-06; pinned to allama-iqbal.com commit 82547635bb6b758c45082084b2f152fc453a8056.Translation by Mustansir Mir; English Translation by: Mustansir MirSource