سرود حلال
English title: LAWFUL MUSIC
کھل تو جاتا ہے مغني کے بم و زير سے دل!نہ رہا زندہ و پائندہ تو کيا دل کي کشود
The bass and treble of minstrel's song much joy to human heart imparts what is the use of pleasure that is e'er on wings and soon departs?
ہے ابھي سينہ افلاک ميں پنہاں وہ نواجس کي گرمي سے پگھل جائے ستاروں کا وجود
That melodious song is still unborn and is concealed in heaven's breast, whose intense heat may transform the solid stars to liquid form.
جس کي تاثير سے آدم ہو غم و خوف سے پاکاور پيدا ہو ايازي سے مقام محمود
A song that may have such results which set men free from grief and pain; and makes Ayaz break slavish bands and learn like kings to rule and reign.
مہ و انجم کا يہ حيرت کدہ باقي نہ رہےتو رہے اور ترا زمزمہ لا موجود
Perplexing maze of moon and stars may flop down, leave their course O God, you shall last and the cry ‘God is Great’, uttered with much force.
جس کو مشروع سمجھتے ہيں فقيہان خودي!منتظر ہے کسي مطرب کا ابھي تک وہ سرود
The song that jurists of the Self deem lawful in their mystic creed has been expecting since a long a bard, who can acquit indeed.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Zarb-e-Kalim — سرود حلال — 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 — Lawful Music — 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