نسيم و شبنم
English title: BREEZE AND DEW
نسيم
انجم کي فضا تک نہ ہوئي ميري رسائيکرتي رہي ميں پيرہن لالہ و گل چاک
I could not find access to tracts where stars like pendent lamps do shine tearing vest of tulips and the rose was main and foremost duty mine.
مجبور ہوئي جاتي ہوں ميں ترک وطن پربے ذوق ہيں بلبل کي نوا ہائے طرب ناک
I feel an inner urge so great to bid farewell to home and depart for joyful songs of nightingale, no zeal or zest to me impart.
دونوں سے کيا ہے تجھے تقدير نے محرم!خاک چمن اچھي کہ سرا پردہ افلاک
O dew, God's will has made you know full well, both park and heavens high what i's more precious in your eyes, the dust of park or dome of sky?
شبنم
کھينچيں نہ اگر تجھ کو چمن کے خس و خاشاکگلشن بھي ہے اک سر سرا پردہ افلاک
If thorns and straws of worldly mead to cause a tension in you fail, then bear in mind, this lonely parks for heaven's dome is like a veil.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Zarb-e-Kalim — نسيم و شبنم — 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 — Breeze And Dew — 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
