جہانی تیرہ تر با آفتابی
English title: A gloom still lurking in broad day light,
Published English translations cover only part of this poem.
Published Urdu translations cover some, but not all, Persian verses in this poem.
جہانی تیرہ تر با آفتابیصواب او سراپا نا صوابی
This is a world which is made even darker by the sun, Its right is wrong all through.
یہ جہان سورج سے روشن ہونے کی بجائے اور تاریک ہو گیا ہے ۔ اس کی خوبیاں بھی سر تا پا برائیاں ہیں ۔
ندانم تا کجا ویرانہ ئے رادہی از خون آدم رنگ و آبی
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Armaghan-e-Hijaz (Persian) — جہانی تیرہ تر با آفتابی — 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 مستنصر میر — Published digital poem page (kul0c9t0.json); retrieved 2026-10-05.Translation by مستنصر میر; 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 (kul0c9t0.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