حاجت نہيں اے خطہ گل شرح و بياں کي
English title: O land of charming and sweet flowers
حاجت نہيں اے خطہ گل شرح و بياں کيتصوير ہمارے دل پر خوں کي ہے لالہ
O land of charming and sweet flowers what need is there to explain: | the burning red tulip, grief‐stricken and sad, best reflects our bloody heart.
تقدير ہے اک نام مکافات عمل کاديتے ہيں يہ پيغام خدايان ہمالہ
The gods of Himalayas speak thus to thee, to me and to all: | Fate is a name we give to the retribution of what we do and act.
سرما کي ہواؤں ميں ہے عرياں بدن اس کاديتا ہے ہنر جس کا اميروں کو دوشالہ
In the bitter winds of winter, the poor labourer works in a naked body, | though his skill provides shawls to the rich.
اميد نہ رکھ دولت دنيا سے وفا کيرم اس کي طبيعت ميں ہے مانند غزالہ
The world shall never be loyal to thee: | it is and has been ever in flux.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Armaghan-e-Hijaz (Urdu) — حاجت نہيں اے خطہ گل شرح و بياں کي — 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