اسرار پيدا
English title: OPEN SECRETS
اس قوم کو شمشير کي حاجت نہيں رہتيہو جس کے جوانوں کي خودي صورت فولاد
A nation whose youth are endowed with Self as strong and hard as steel: No need of piercing swords in war such people brave can ever feel.
ناچيز جہان مہ و پرويں ترے آگےوہ عالم مجبور ہے ، تو عالم آزاد
The world of Pleiades and the Moon by natural laws is chained and bound; whereas the world in which you dwell owns insight, will and mind much sound.
موجوں کي تپش کيا ہے ، فقط ذوق طلب ہےپنہاں جو صدف ميں ہے ، وہ دولت ہے خدا داد
What do the quivering waves imply, save enormous zeal and zest for quest? What lies concealed in mother shell is gift of God Who knows it best.
شاہيں کبھي پرواز سے تھک کر نہيں گرتاپر دم ہے اگر تو تو نہيں خطرہ افتاد
The hawk is never tired of flight, does not drop gasping on the ground; if unwearied it remains on wings, from hunters' dread is safe and sound.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Zarb-e-Kalim — اسرار پيدا — 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 — Open Secrets — 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