جنوں
English title: MADNESS
زجاج گر کي دکاں شاعري و ملائي!ستم ہے ، خوار پھرے دشت و در ميں ديوانہ
Poets and priestly class denote and show the shops of those who blow the glass, what pity! The mad frequents the wilds and lanes, to smash these shops, this way he does not pass.
کسے خبر کہ جنوں ميں کمال اور بھي ہيںکريں اگر اسے کوہ و کمر سے بيگانہ
Few know that madness can with case display a myriad crafts, accomplishments and skill, provided one can completely wean it of the wastes and deserts, from gorge and bill.
ہجوم مدرسہ بھي سازگار ہے اس کوکہ اس کے واسطے لازم نہيں ہے ويرانہ
The concourse as well as the air of school accord with it and tickle its sense of joy as lonely site and haunt for him aren't must, at school he never feels cast down or coy.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Zarb-e-Kalim — جنوں — 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 — Madness — 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