آزادي نسواں
English title: EMANCIPATION OF WOMEN
اس بحث کا کچھ فيصلہ ميں کر نہيں سکتاگو خوب سمجھتا ہوں کہ يہ زہر ہے ، وہ قند
I know quite well that one despoils, while other is like candy sweet; I can not give a verdict true, which needs of quest can fully meet.
کيا فائدہ ، کچھ کہہ کے بنوں اور بھي معتوبپہلے ہي خفا مجھ سے ہيں تہذيب کے فرزند
I like to make no more remark and earn the wrath of present age; already the sons of modern cult 'gainst me are full of ire and rage.
اس راز کو عورت کي بصيرت ہي کرے فاشمجبور ہيں ، معذور ہيں ، مردان خرد مند
The insight owned by woman can this subtle point with ease reveal; constrained and helpless, wise and sage with knotty point they can not deal.
کيا چيز ہے آرائش و قيمت ميں زيادہ!آزادي نسواں کہ زمرد کا گلوبند
It is an uphill task to judge what is more precious lends much grace; emancipation for fair sex or aught or emerald-wrought superb neck-lace.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Zarb-e-Kalim — آزادي نسواں — 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 — Emancipation Of Women — 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