آزادي شمشير کے اعلان پر
English title: WRITTEN ON THE OCCASION OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENTʹS PERMISSION TO KEEP SWORD
سوچا بھي ہے اے مرد مسلماں کبھي تو نےکيا چيز ہے فولاد کي شمشير جگردار
O Muslim, did you ever think or feel what is meant by piercing sword of steel?
اس بيت کا يہ مصرع اول ہے کہ جس ميںپوشيدہ چلے آتے ہيں توحيد کے اسرار
It is the first hemistich of this verse that God's Oneness shows in form so terse.
ہے فکر مجھے مصرع ثاني کي زيادہاللہ کرے تجھ کو عطا فقر کي تلوار
My anxiety for the second half is greater though, may God the sword of Faqr on you bestow.
قبضے ميں يہ تلوار بھي آجائے تو مومنيا خالد جانباز ہے يا حيدر کرار
If Muslim true can get this sword in hold; he is Ali the Lion of God, or Khalid bold.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Zarb-e-Kalim — آزادي شمشير کے اعلان پر — 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: Zarb-e-Kalim — 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
- Zarb-e-Kalim English translation at allama-iqbal.com — On The Occasion Of Permission To Keep Sword — Public digital poem page, retrieved 2026-10-06; pinned to allama-iqbal.com commit 82547635bb6b758c45082084b2f152fc453a8056.Translation by Syed Akbar Ali Shah; English Translation by: Syed Akbar Ali ShahSource