سرود حرام
English title: UNLAWFUL MUSIC
نہ ميرے ذکر ميں ہے صوفيوں کا سوز و سرورنہ ميرا فکر ہے پيمانہ ثواب و عذاب
My remembrance lacks the warmth and zeal that mystics oft attain my thought is not a scale at all for deeds deserving need or pain.
خدا کرے کہ اسے اتفاق ہو مجھ سےفقيہ شہر کہ ہے محرم حديث و کتاب
I wish that jurist of the town, who knows the rules that Prophet taught and is adept at Book revealed, to my own point of view be brought.
اگر نوا ميں ہے پوشيدہ موت کا پيغام!حرام ميري نگاہوں ميں ناے و چنگ و رباب
If in the music or its strains tile message of decease is hid such music of harp, reed and lute in view of mine is quite forbid.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Zarb-e-Kalim — سرود حرام — 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 — Unlawful 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