ايک بحري قزاق اور سکندر
English title: A PIRATE AND ALEXANDER
سکندر
صلہ تيرا تري زنجير يا شمشير ہے ميريکہ تيري رہزني سے تنگ ہے دريا کي پہنائي
Is your retribution shackles or cold steel, your violence on high seas, all sailors feel?
قزاق
سکندر ! حيف ، تو اس کو جواں مردي سمجھتا ہےگوارا اس طرح کرتے ہيں ہم چشموں کي رسوائي؟
ترا پيشہ ہے سفاکي ، مرا پيشہ ہے سفاکيکہ ہم قزاق ہيں دونوں ، تو ميداني ، ميں دريائي
Alas! Alexander, you deem it void of blame, do men of same craft bear each other's shame? Your craft is blood-shed and my craft the same, we are both bandits, is diverse fields play the game?
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Zarb-e-Kalim — ايک بحري قزاق اور سکندر — 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 — A Pirate And Alexander — 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