يورپ اور يہود
English title: EUROPE AND THE JEWS
يہ عيش فراواں ، يہ حکومت ، يہ تجارتدل سينہ بے نور ميں محروم تسلي
Unbridled luxury, state pomp and pride, rich commerce; but to dwell inside that lampless breast all tranquil thoughts refuse.
تاريک ہے افرنگ مشينوں کے دھويں سےيہ وادي ايمن نہيں شايان تجلي
Dark is the white man’s country with the grime Of engines, | No valley that might see Splendour descending on a burning tree;
ہے نزع کي حالت ميں يہ تہذيب جواں مرگ!شايد ہوں کليسا کے يہودي متولي
A civilization sick before its prime, at its least gasp; leaving maybe for caretakers of Christendom, the Jews.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Zarb-e-Kalim — يورپ اور يہود — 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 — Europe And Jews — Public digital poem page, retrieved 2026-10-06; pinned to allama-iqbal.com commit 82547635bb6b758c45082084b2f152fc453a8056.Translation by V.G. Kiernan; English Translation by: V.G. KiernanSource
- Poems from Iqbal — First edition, 1955Translation by V. G. Kiernan; Published English translations attributed to V. G. Kiernan; the 231 previously imported exact passages remain, with one additional independently reviewed final standalone line at PDF page 100. Each new locator names its exact passage scope.Source