قوموں کے ليے موت ہے مرکز سے جدائي
English title: The nations suffer death
قوموں کے ليے موت ہے مرکز سے جدائي!ہو صاحب مرکز تو خودي کيا ہے ، خدائي
The nations suffer death from centre if they part; if they have centre strong, Godhead it can impart.
جو فقر ہوا تلخي دوراں کا گلہ منداس فقر ميں باقي ہے ابھي بوئے گدائي
Such Faqr which has a plaint against the toils of life has beggar's wont and mode and can't bear worldly strife.
اس دور ميں بھي مرد خدا کو ہے ميسرجو معجزہ پربت کو بنا سکتا ہے رائي
A godly man even now by wondrous act, can chancre to tiny mustard seed a lofty mountain range.
در معرکہ بے سوز تو ذوقے نتواں يافتاے بندئہ مومن تو کجائي ، تو کجائي
In fight without your heat no zeal or zest is found: Where are you godly man, take part in combat's round.
خورشيد ! سرا پردئہ مشرق سے نکل کرپہنا مرے کہسار کو ملبوس حنائي
O Sun, arise from East and sail upon my view give all the mountain range a crimson tinge and hue.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Zarb-e-Kalim — قوموں کے ليے موت ہے مرکز سے جدائي — 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