پاني ترے چشموں کا تڑپتا ہوا سيماب
English title: Your springs and lakes with water pulsating and quivering like quicksilver
Published English translations cover only part of this poem.
پاني ترے چشموں کا تڑپتا ہوا سيمابمرغان سحر تيري فضاؤں ميں ہيں بيتاب
Your springs and lakes with water pulsating and quivering like quicksilver, | the morning birds fluttering about the sky, agitated and in turmoil,
اے وادي لولاب
گر صاحب ہنگامہ نہ ہو منبر و محرابديں بندئہ مومن کے ليے موت ہے يا خواب
When the pulpit and the niche cease to re‐create Resurrections, | faith then is dead or a mere dream, for thee, me and for all.
اے وادي لولاب
ہيں ساز پہ موقوف نوا ہائے جگر سوزڈھيلے ہوں اگر تار تو بے کار ہے مضراب
اے وادي لولاب
ملا کي نظر نور فراست سے ہے خاليبے سوز ہے ميخانہء صوفي کي مے ناب
The Mullah’s sight has lost the light of penetrative discernment; | the mystic’s wine, pure and sparkling, no longer produces frenzy
اے وادي لولاب
بيدار ہوں دل جس کي فغان سحري سےاس قوم ميں مدت سے وہ درويش ہے ناياب
A dervish whose morning lamentation | may awaken the hearts of the people is no longer around,
اے وادي لولاب
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Armaghan-e-Hijaz (Urdu) — پاني ترے چشموں کا تڑپتا ہوا سيماب — 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
- English translations in the Armaghan-e-Hijaz digital anthology excerpt — Recovered Urdu and Persian poetry anthology PDF excerpt; publication title and year are not established by the preserved source packet (armaghan-english.pdf, 39 PDF pages).Translation by K. Nizam‐ud‐Din; Passages are individually credited in the recovered PDF as “Translated by K. Nizam‐ud‐Din”; exact source and credit PDF page locators are stored with each imported passage.Source