ادبيات
English title: LITERATURE
عشق اب پيروي عقل خدا داد کرےآبرو کوچہ جاناں ميں نہ برباد کرے
کہنہ پيکر ميں نئي روح کو آباد کرےيا کہن روح کو تقليد سے آزاد کرے
Now Love from mind must take the lead, by God bestowed on human race to dear one's lane it must not go and bring with haste on head disgrace. Love must infuse new soul in old poetic moulds and change their course, or break the chains of antique soul, set it free from mimetic force.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Zarb-e-Kalim — ادبيات — 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 — Literature — 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