مرگ خودي
English title: DEATH OF THE EGO
خودي کي موت سے مغرب کا اندروں بے نورخودي کي موت سے مشرق ہے مبتلائے جذام
Devoid the West of inner light, her soul is struck with deadly blight: the loss of Self has made the East a leper, for germs befitting feast.
خودي کي موت سے روح عرب ہے بے تب و تاببدن عراق و عجم کا ہے بے عروق و عظام
The Arabs have lost their former zeal, their souls are shrunk, they can not feel: Iraq and Persia are bereft of bones and veins and naught is left.
خودي کي موت سے ہندي شکستہ بالوں پر!قفس ہوا ہے حلال اور آشيانہ حرام
The Self of Indians is extinct, by pinions cleft is made distinct for they are pleased with prison life, to break the bars they wage no strife.
خودي کي موت سے پير حرم ہوا مجبور!کہ بيچ کھائے مسلماں کا جام ہ احرام
Demise of Self has made divine, who keeps a watch on Holy Shrine, to sell the robes that pilgrims don, on sale proceeds he lives upon.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Zarb-e-Kalim — مرگ خودي — 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 — Death Of The Ego — 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