سخن ہا رفت از بود و نبودم
English title: My being and non-being were topics on tips,
سخن ہا رفت از بود و نبودممن از خجلت لب خود کم گشودم
There was discussion about my being and non‐being, through shame I hardly opened my mouth;
میرے موجود ہونے یانہ ہونے پر بہت سی باتیں ہوئیں میں نے شرمندگی کی وجہ سے لب نہیں کھولے ۔
سجود زندہ مردان می شناسیعیار کار من گیر از سجودم
you recognize prostration of living persons, judge my mettle from my prostration!
تو زندہ بندوں (اللہ کی عبادت صحیح معنوں میں کرنے والے) کے سجدوں کو پہچانتا ہے، میرے عمل کے معیار کا اندازہ میرے سجدوں سے کر ۔
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Armaghan-e-Hijaz (Persian) — سخن ہا رفت از بود و نبودم — 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 (Persian) — 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
- armaghan-e-hijaz: published English translation by بشیر احمد — Published digital poem page (tc5z4xq2.json); retrieved 2026-10-05.Translation by بشیر احمد; Published English translation credited on the Zinderood digital poem page; the exact source unit is recorded with each imported passage.Source
- armaghan-e-hijaz: published Urdu translation by حمیداللہ ہاشمی — Published digital poem page (tc5z4xq2.json); retrieved 2026-10-05.Translation by حمیداللہ ہاشمی; Published Urdu translation credited on the Zinderood digital poem page; the exact source unit is recorded with each imported passage.Source