جان و تن
English title: SOUL AND BODY
عقل مدت سے ہے اس پيچاک ميں الجھي ہوئيروح کس جوہر سے، خاک تيرہ کس جوہر سے ہے
Since times antique the mind of man in complex problems is involved; what is the source of clay-born man and how the soul has been evolved?
ميري مشکل، مستي و شور و سرور و درد و داغتيري مشکل، مے سے ہے ساغر کہ مے ساغر سے ہے
Pain, anguish, glee and rapture sweet are spiritual states that man must face; what is of much worth, cup or wine, is knotty point you wish to trace?
ارتباط حرف و معني، اختلاط جان و تن!جس طرح اخگر قبا پوش اپني خاکستر سے ہے
What binds the words and their import? What links the body and the soul? It wears the cloak of its own ash just like the burnt refuse of coal.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Zarb-e-Kalim — جان و تن — 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 — Soul And Body — 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