ہندي مکتب
English title: INDIAN SCHOOL
اقبال! يہاں نام نہ لے علم خودي کاموزوں نہيں مکتب کے ليے ايسے مقالات
About the Self here have no talk, O bard, because with schools such sermons don't accord.
بہتر ہے کہ بيچارے ممولوں کي نظر سےپوشيدہ رہيں باز کے احوال و مقامات
Much good that birds that chirp may not descry, the modes of hawk, its state and rank so high:
آزاد کي اک آن ہے محکوم کا اک سال!کس درجہ گراں سير ہيں محکوم کے اوقات
A free man's breath can match a subject year, how slowly moves the time of serfs is clear!
آزاد کا ہر لحظہ پيام ابديتمحکوم کا ہر لحظہ نئي مرگ مفاجات
The free perform such deeds in span of breath, but slaves are every instant prone to sudden death.
آزاد کا انديشہ حقيقت سے منورمحکوم کا انديشہ گرفتار خرافات
The thoughts of persons free with truth are lit, but thoughts of slaves do not own sense a bit.
محکوم کو پيروں کي کرامات کا سوداہے بندہ آزاد خود اک زندہ کرامات
A slave has craze for marvels wrought by Guides: Himself a wonder 'live, his memory fresh abides.
محکوم کے حق ميں ہے يہي تربيت اچھي!موسيقي و صورت گري و علم نباتات
This is the training that befits them well, painting, music and science of plants as well.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Zarb-e-Kalim — ہندي مکتب — 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 — Indian School — 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