اساتذہ
English title: TEACHERS
مقصد ہو اگر تربيت لعل بدخشاںبے سود ہے بھٹکے ہوئے خورشيد کا پر تو
If you desire to breed such ruby which is red, don't beg light of sun that from course has fled.
دنيا ہے روايات کے پھندوں ميں گرفتار!کيا مدرسہ ، کيا مدرسے والوں کي تگ و دو
The world is trapped by traditions old and hoar, preceptors helpless quite, can do no more.
کر سکتے تھے جو اپنے زمانے کي امامتوہ کہنہ دماغ اپنے زمانے کے ہيں پيرو
Those who deserved to lead the modern age have worn out brains and others hold the stage.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Zarb-e-Kalim — اساتذہ — 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 — Teachers — 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