نہ کر ذکر فراق و آشنائي
English title: Of love and losing what words need be said
نہ کر ذکر فراق و آشنائيکہ اصل زندگي ہے خود نمائي
Of love and losing what words need be said? | The self’s unfolding is Life’s fountain‐head;
نہ دريا کا زياں ہے، نے گہر کادل دريا سے گوہر کي جدائي
There’s neither loss to ocean nor to pearl | In the pearl’s loosening from the ocean’s bed.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Armaghan-e-Hijaz (Urdu) — نہ کر ذکر فراق و آشنائي — 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