حکومت
English title: GOVERNMENT
ہے مريدوں کو تو حق بات گوارا ليکنشيخ و ملا کو بري لگتي ہے درويش کي بات
My talk makes Shaikh and Mullah show undue, though disciples can put tip with is true.
قوم کے ہاتھ سے جاتا ہے متاع کرداربحث ميں آتا ہے جب فلسفہ ذات و صفات
That race is soon deprived of glorious deeds, for talk on Being and Attributes hatred breeds.
گرچہ اس دير کہن کا ہے يہ دستور قديمکہ نہيں مے کدہ و ساقي و مينا کو ثبات
This cosmos old is wrought in such a cast that tavern, Saqi and flask don't for e'er last.
قسمت بادہ مگر حق ہے اسي ملت کا!انگبيں جس کے جوانوں کو ہے تلخاب حيات
That nation has the right to luck in life whose youth for honey take worldly blows and strife.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Zarb-e-Kalim — حکومت — 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 — Government — 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