لا ديني و لاطيني ، کس پيچ ميں الجھا تو
English title: In maze of Latin script and sin
In maze of Latin script and sin, your bearings, no doubt, you have lost belief that none has might save God, is cure for weak that acts so fast.
A man who likes to hunt the facts must quit all hopes of West, is clear its atmosphere is full of charm, but one can't find musk-yielding deer.
The self of man derives much strength from tears he sheds at early morn much good that tulip, like the dart, the marge of some brook may adorn.
This idol-house of hue and scent, or fane so ancient, old and hoar hunts hose who don't believe in God, on Muslims has effect no more.
O Shaikh, get all the rich expelled from precincts of the Holy mosque For niche of mosque is angry with them all for their much impious task.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Zarb-e-Kalim — لا ديني و لاطيني ، کس پيچ ميں الجھا تو — 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
