جلال و جمال
English title: GRANDEUR AND GRACE
مرے ليے ہے فقط زور حيدري کافيترے نصيب فلاطوں کي تيزي ادراک
With Haider's might and brawn I feel myself content; I wish you joy of wit, to you by Plato lent.
مري نظر ميں يہي ہے جمال و زيبائيکہ سر بسجدہ ہيں قوت کے سامنے افلاک
This is the charm and grace in view of mine and sight that heavens too prostrate before much main and might.
نہ ہو جلال تو حسن و جمال بے تاثيرنرا نفس ہے اگر نغمہ ہو نہ آتش ناک
Without great majestic height grace is not of much use: Song is mere puff of breath, if rapture can't produce.
مجھے سزا کے ليے بھي نہيں قبول وہ آگ!کہ جس کا شعلہ نہ ہو تند و سرکش و بے باک
I would not go to hell whose fire is dull and tame to suffer for my sins I like a rearing flame.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Zarb-e-Kalim — جلال و جمال — 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 — Grandeur And Grace — 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