غزل
English title: GHAZAL
دل مردہ دل نہيں ہے،اسے زندہ کر دوبارہکہ يہي ہے امتوں کے مرض کہن کا چارہ
A heart devoid of love is dead; infuse fresh life in it again. It is the only cure for folk who suffer from some chronic pain.
ترا بحر پر سکوں ہے، يہ سکوں ہے يا فسوں ہے؟!نہ نہنگ ہے، نہ طوفاں، نہ خرابي کنارہ
Your sea is full of calm and rest, is it repose or magic art? No sharks and storms disturb your sea, intact its coast in every part.
تو ضمير آسماں سے ابھي آشنا نہيں ہےنہيں بے قرار کرتا تجھے غمزہ ستارہ
You are not intimate with laws that rule the spheres that spin around; the twinkling stars do not disturb the calm which in your heart is found.
ترے نيستاں ميں ڈالا مرے نغمہ سحر نےمري خاک پے سپر ميں جو نہاں تھا اک شرارہ
The dormant spark that buried lay in my extinguished clay since long has set afire your bed of reeds, assuming form of morning song.
نظر آئے گا اسي کو يہ جہان دوش و فرداجسے آگئي ميسر مري شوخي نظارہ
That man can only see in full the world of future and the past, who has the luck to be endowed with my glance so pert and fast.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Zarb-e-Kalim — غزل — 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 — — 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