دل من در گشاد چون و چند است
English title: My heart rakes often knots of ‘how’ and ‘why’.
Published English translations cover only part of this poem.
Published Urdu translations cover some, but not all, Persian verses in this poem.
دل من در گشاد چون و چند استنگاہش از مہ و پروین بلند است
My heart is entangled in the web of why and wherefore, its target is above the moon and Pleiades;
میرا دل کیسے اور کتنا کے حل میں ہے ۔ یعنی زندگی اور کائنات کی حقیقت کو جاننا چاہتا ہے اس کی نظر چاند اور ثریا سے بھی بلند ہے ۔
بدہ ویرانہ ئے در دوزخ او راکہ این کافر بسی خلوت پسند است
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Armaghan-e-Hijaz (Persian) — دل من در گشاد چون و چند است — 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