وہي جواں ہے قبيلے کي آنکھ کا تارا
English title: That youth is held in high esteem
وہي جواں ہے قبيلے کي آنکھ کا تاراشباب جس کا ہے بے داغ ، ضرب ہے کاري
That youth is held in high esteem by all the members of his tribe, whose prime of life is pure and chaste, dread blows to him we can ascribe.
اگر ہو جنگ تو شيران غاب سے بڑھ کراگر ہو صلح تو رعنا غزال تاتاري
In days of war he can surpass tile ferocious lions of the wood when peace prevails in every place, like Tartar deer is fine and good.
عجب نہيں ہے اگر اس کا سوز ہے ہمہ سوزکہ نيستاں کے ليے بس ہے ايک چنگاري
There is no wonder, if his glow may set the things around afire to burn the bed of reeds one spark is 'nough that from the flame does spire.
خدا نے اس کو ديا ہے شکوہ سلطانيکہ اس کے فقر ميں ہے حيدري و کراري
God Mighty has endowed him with a monarch's grandeur, pomp and show his brand of Faqr has virtues such that shone on Haider's valorous brow.
نگاہ کم سے نہ ديکھ اس کي بے کلاہي کويہ بے کلاہ ہے سرمايہ کلہ داري
Do not look down upon the youth, if his head is devoid of gear: This lad can claim close kinship with those kings who crowns on heads do wear.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Zarb-e-Kalim — وہي جواں ہے قبيلے کي آنکھ کا تارا — 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