تياتر
English title: THEATRE
تري خودي سے ہے روشن ترا حريم وجودحيات کيا ہے ، اسي کا سرور و سوز و ثبات
Your being's sanctum gets from Self its inner light; save zeal and firm resolve, naught can make life e'er bright.
بلند تر مہ و پرويں سے ہے اسي کا مقاماسي کے نور سے پيدا ہيں تيرے ذات و صفات
Its rank is higher than the Pleiades and the moon, your essence and its gifts are Ego's greatest boon.
حريم تيرا ، خودي غير کي ! معاذاللہدوبارہ زندہ نہ کر کاروبار لات و منات
God save that alien Self seek shelter in your shrine; the creed of idols shun, don't desecrate house divine.
يہي کمال ہے تمثيل کا کہ تو نہ رہےرہا نہ تو تو نہ سوز خودي ، نہ ساز حيات
Forgetfulness of Self imports the height of art, but with the loss of Self both joy and warmth depart.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Zarb-e-Kalim — تياتر — 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 — Theatre — 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