صبح چمن
English title: DAWN IN THE GARDEN
پھول
شايد تو سمجھتي تھي وطن دور ہے ميرااے قاصد افلاک! نہيں ، دور نہيں ہے
Perhaps you thought my land is far away, O courier from the sky, I say, ‘Nay, Nay’.
شبنم
ہوتا ہے مگر محنت پرواز سے روشنيہ نکتہ کہ گردوں سے زميں دور نہيں ہے
This subtle point is brought to light that sky isn’t far from earth, by toil of flight.
صبح
مانند سحر صحن گلستاں ميں قدم رکھآئے تہ پا گوہر شبنم تو نہ ٹوٹے
Step tip-toe in the lawn of park at morn, don't crush the shining gems that park adorn.
ہو کوہ و بياباں سے ہم آغوش ، و ليکن!ہاتھوں سے ترے دامن افلاک نہ چھوٹے
Clasp hill and desert, yet still | Catch in your hands the sky’s robe.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Zarb-e-Kalim — صبح چمن — 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 — Dawn Of The Park — 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
- Poems from Iqbal — First edition, 1955Translation by V. G. Kiernan; Published English translations attributed to V. G. Kiernan; the 231 previously imported exact passages remain, with one additional independently reviewed final standalone line at PDF page 100. Each new locator names its exact passage scope.Source