غريبي ميں ہوں محسود اميري
English title: My poor estate makes proud men covetous
غريبي ميں ہوں محسود اميريکہ غيرت مند ہے ميري فقيري
My poor estate makes proud men covetous, | Poverty such as mine ennobles us.
حذر اس فقر و درويشي سے، جس نےمسلماں کو سکھا دي سر بزيري
Beware those other rags and begging‐bowls | That make the Muslim pusillanimous!
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Armaghan-e-Hijaz (Urdu) — غريبي ميں ہوں محسود اميري — 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: Armaghan-e-Hijaz (Urdu) — 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
- Poems from Iqbal — First edition, 1955Translation by V. G. Kiernan; Published English translations attributed to V. G. Kiernan; the 231 previously imported exact passages remain, with one additional independently reviewed final standalone line at PDF page 100. Each new locator names its exact passage scope.Source