مستي کردار
English title: FERVOUR FOR ACTION
صوفي کي طريقت ميں فقط مستي احوالملا کي شريعت ميں فقط مستي گفتار
The mystic mode has naught except the inner changes of the heart. The talk of Mullah on his creed is merely piece of fiery art.
شاعر کي نوا مردہ و افسردہ و بے ذوقافکار ميں سرمست، نہ خوابيدہ نہ بيدار
The Poet's song of zeal; bereft is dead and struck with frost: To outward eyes he seems awake, though in thoughts completely lost.
وہ مرد مجاہد نظر آتا نہيں مجھ کوہو جس کے رگ و پے ميں فقط مستي کردار
Alas! My eyes do not behold the Holy Knight whose fervour high may cause his blood to seethe and boil in veins that lend such might to thigh.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Zarb-e-Kalim — مستي کردار — 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 — Fervour For Action — 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