حضرت انسان
English title: THE HUMAN BEING
جہاں ميں دانش و بينش کي ہے کس درجہ ارزانيکوئي شے چھپ نہيں سکتي کہ يہ عالم ہے نوراني
To know and see is so easy in the world. | Nothing may stay hidden for this universe is luminous.
کوئي ديکھے تو ہے باريک فطرت کا حجاب اتنانماياں ہيں فرشتوں کے تبسم ہائے پنہاني
The Nature’s veil is translucent if one is willing to see: | Far too visible are the angel’s faint smiles.
يہ دنيا دعوت ديدار ہے فرزند آدم کوکہ ہر مستور کو بخشا گيا ہے ذوق عرياني
This world is an invitation for the human being to look, | For every secret is given an instinct to jump out of its closet.
يہي فرزند آدم ہے کہ جس کے اشک خونيں سےکيا ہے حضرت يزداں نے درياؤں کو طوفاني
It is the tears of human blood that the Almighty has used | For stirring up storms in His oceans.
فلک کو کيا خبر يہ خاکداں کس کا نشيمن ہےغرض انجم سے ہے کس کے شبستاں کي نگہباني
What would the sky know whose abode is this earthy planet; | On whose nightly banquets do the stars stand in watch!
اگر مقصود کل ميں ہوں تو مجھ سے ماورا کيا ہےمرے ہنگامہ ہائے نو بہ نو کي انتہا کيا ہے؟
If I am the end of all, then what lies beyond? | Where lies the limit of my unending adventures?
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Armaghan-e-Hijaz (Urdu) — حضرت انسان — 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 the Editors; Passages are individually credited in the recovered PDF as “Translated by the Editors”; exact source and credit PDF page locators are stored with each imported passage.Source