پردہ
English title: VEIL
بہت رنگ بدلے سپہر بريں نےخدايا يہ دنيا جہاں تھي ، وہيں ہے
Great change the lofty spheres have met, O God! The world his not budged as yet.
تفاوت نہ ديکھا زن و شو ميں ميں نےوہ خلوت نشيں ہے ، يہ خلوت نشيں ہے
In man and wife is no contrast, they like seclusion and hold it fast.
ابھي تک ہے پردے ميں اولاد آدمکسي کي خودي آشکارا نہيں ہے
The sons of Adam still wear the mask, but self hasn't peeped out of the casque.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Zarb-e-Kalim — پردہ — 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 — Veil — 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