تربيت
English title: UPBRINGING
زندگي کچھ اور شے ہے ، علم ہے کچھ اور شےزندگي سوز جگر ہے ، علم ہے سوز دماغ
Existence and knowledge both are poles apart, life burns the soul, whereas lore makes it smart.
علم ميں دولت بھي ہے ، قدرت بھي ہے ، لذت بھي ہےايک مشکل ہے کہ ہاتھ آتا نہيں اپنا سراغ
Joy, wealth and power all, to lore are due, how irksome that to Self it yields no clue.
اہل دانش عام ہيں ، کم ياب ہيں اہل نظر!کيا تعجب ہے کہ خالي رہ گيا تيرا اياغ
No dearth of lettered men, ah few! Provide the bowl with wine of gnosis like True Guide.
شيخ مکتب کے طريقوں سے کشاد دل کہاں!کس طرح کبريت سے روشن ہو بجلي کا چراغ
The ways of teachers don't expand the heart, match stick can't light to electric lamp impart.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Zarb-e-Kalim — تربيت — 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 — Upbringing — 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