ذوق نظر
English title: ZEST FOR SIGHT
خودي بلند تھي اس خوں گرفتہ چيني کيکہا غريب نے جلاد سے دم تعزير
ٹھہر ٹھہر کہ بہت دل کشا ہے يہ منظر!ذرا ميں ديکھ تو لوں تاب ناکي شمشير
How lofty was that Chinese Self who for crime was condemned to death on eve of his beheading, he asked headsman, ‘Stop for a span or breath.’ He asked for stoppage many times, for it was very pleasant scene, he wished to see for moments few the sword's great-glimmer, glow and sheen.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Zarb-e-Kalim — ذوق نظر — 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 — Zest For Sight — 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