خواجگي
English title: MASTERSHIP
دور حاضر ہے حقيقت ميں وہي عہد قديماہل سجادہ ہيں يا اہل سياست ہيں امام
In fact, the present age is still the same antique and ancient tide, whether statesmen give them lead, or spiritual leaders guide.
اس ميں پيري کي کرامت ہے نہ ميري کا ہے زورسينکڑوں صديوں سے خوگر ہيں غلامي کے عوام
To bondage common man is wont, since times none can recall to mind; this wonder is not wrought by Guides, but by wealth's vigour blind.
خواجگي ميں کوئي مشکل نہيں رہتي باقي!پختہ ہو جاتے ہيں جب خوئے غلامي ميں غلام
When commons grow mature and ripe, in slavish bent and trend of heart; the governors can rule with ease, they don't face hurdles on their part.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Zarb-e-Kalim — خواجگي — 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 — Lordship — 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