اہرام مصر
English title: THE PYRAMIDS OF EGYPT
اس دشت جگر تاب کي خاموش فضا ميںفطرت نے فقط ريت کے ٹيلے کيے تعمير
The quiet environs of this waste whose intense heat scalds the heart: In forming only dunes of sand Nature has displayed its Art.
اہرام کي عظمت سے نگوں سار ہيں افلاک!کس ہاتھ نے کھينچي ابدےت کي يہ تصوير
The grandeur of these pyramids puts lofty heavens to disgrace, what hand did build, design and frame, they seem attired in lasting grace?
فطرت کي غلامي سے کر آزاد ہنر کوصياد ہيں مردان ہنر مند کہ نخچير
Set your craftsmanship quite free from Nature's chains that bind it tight for men endowed with gift of craft aren't prey, of hunters need no fright.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Zarb-e-Kalim — اہرام مصر — 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 — The Pyramids Of Egypt — 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