جدت
English title: NEWNESS
ديکھے تو زمانے کو اگر اپني نظر سےافلاک منور ہوں ترے نور سحر سے
If you behold the world with gaze much bright; of you the sky may beg morning light.
خورشيد کرے کسب ضيا تيرے شرر سےظاہر تري تقدير ہو سيمائے قمر سے
The sun may beg light from gleam of your spark your luck may shine, from moon's brow mark.
دريا متلاطم ہوں تري موج گہر سےشرمندہ ہو فطرت ترے اعجاز ہنر سے
The sea may swell with lustrous waves of gems, put world to shame with art that from you stems.
اغيار کے افکار و تخيل کي گدائيکيا تجھ کو نہيں اپني خودي تک بھي رسائي؟
You beg and borrow thoughts of others' brains, to find approach to Self, don't take much pains.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Zarb-e-Kalim — جدت — 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 — Newness — 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