فطرت کے مقاصد کي کرتا ہے نگہباني
English title: One who resides in desert waste
One who resides in desert waste or person born on mountains steep can keep a watch on aims and ends that Nature in its view does keep.
He draws no line 'twixt fair and foul of culture, whose spell makes you sleep his Faqr possesses the wealth of kings, who coffers full of God do as keep.
O warbler of this earthly mead, why are your songs so sweet and fair wherefore, desert hawk, you own, such grandeur great and daring rare?
O Shaikh, no doubt, the climate of your school is so much pure and chaste but men, like Salman and Farooq, are brought up in some desert waste.
The fire that Muslim Faith bestows is as sharp as the sword of steel, but after thousand years is born its match, who mighty blows can deal.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Zarb-e-Kalim — فطرت کے مقاصد کي کرتا ہے نگہباني — 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