ميرے کہستاں! تجھے چھوڑ کے جاؤں کہاں
English title: How can I quit this mountain land
ميرے کہستاں! تجھے چھوڑ کے جاؤں کہاںتيري چٹانوں ميں ہے ميرے اب و جد کي خاک
How can I quit this mountain land, where my sires are interred in rocks; my exile from this land so dear, is full of anguish, pain and shocks?
روز ازل سے ہے تو منزل شاہين و چرغلالہ و گل سے تہي ، نغمہ بلبل سے پاک
From Eternal Dawn you are abode of kestrel, hawk and birds of prey: There rose and tulip do not grow, nor Warbles nightingale so gay.
تيرے خم و پيچ ميں ميري بہشت بريںخاک تري عنبريں ، آب ترا تاب ناک
Your paths that twist and turn on bills give Eden's pleasure to my sight your clay emits an ember smell; your sparkling streams look bright in light.
باز نہ ہوگا کبھي بندہ کبک و حمام!حفظ بدن کے ليے روح کو کردوں ہلاک
The kingly hawk can hot become a thrall to pheasant or a dove; how can a man destroy his soul for his clay-born body's love?
اے مرے فقر غيور ! فيصلہ تيرا ہے کيا!خلعت انگريز يا پيرہن چاک چاک
O zealous Faqr, let me know what is your verdict and firm intent: Would you prefer the British robe, or your shirt, thread-bare, torn and rent?
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Zarb-e-Kalim — ميرے کہستاں! تجھے چھوڑ کے جاؤں کہاں — 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 — — 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