چہ میخواہی ازین مرد تن آساے
English title: What ye hopes from an easy going bloke,
Published English translations cover only part of this poem.
Published Urdu translations cover some, but not all, Persian verses in this poem.
چہ میخواہی ازین مرد تن آساےبہ ہر بادی کہ آمد رفتم از جای
سحر جاوید را در سجدہ دیدمبہ صبحش چہرہ شامم بیارای
This morning I saw Javid in prostration, may my night’s face be adorned by his mornings.
میں نے صبح جاوید کو سجدے میں دیکھا ۔ اس کی صبح سے میری شام کے چہرے کو خوبصورتی دے ۔
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Armaghan-e-Hijaz (Persian) — چہ میخواہی ازین مرد تن آساے — 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 (ylaor6fy.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 (ylaor6fy.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