نگاہ
English title: VISION
بہار و قافلہ لالہ ہائے صحرائي!شباب و مستي و ذوق و سرود و رعنائي
The spring has come with tulips wild; they seem like carvans on the move. The youth, their charm and ecstatic joy of colossal worth and value prove.
اندھيري رات ميں يہ چشمکيں ستاروں کي!يہ بحر ، يہ فلک نيلگوں کي پہنائي
The sea that has no bound or marge, and azure sky that seems so high, when pitch dark night has upper hand, they gleam and glint like stars in sky.
سفر عروس قمر کا عماري شب ميں!طلوع مہر و سکوت سپہر مينائي
How nice the bride-like moon appears, while touring sky in van of night at morn, the sun presents a scene much grand in sky so blue and bright.
نگاہ ہو تو بہائے نظارہ کچھ بھي نہيںکہ بيچتي نہيں فطرت جمال و زيبائي
One must have eyes to see these sights which vie with each in bloom and grace; for Nature is not wont to sell the charm appearing on her face.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Zarb-e-Kalim — نگاہ — 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 — Vision — 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