بہ آن قوم از تو میخواہم گشادی
English title: I seek for that nation a rising field,
بہ آن قوم از تو میخواہم گشادیفقیہش بی یقینی کم سوادی
I wish for help from You for a people whose religious lawyers lack certitude and knowledge;
میں تجھ سے اس قوم کی بھلائی چاہتا ہوں جس کے فقیہہ بے یقین اور کم نظر ہیں ۔
بسی نادیدنے را دیدہ ام من’’مرا ای کاشکی مادر نزادی‘‘
I have seen many unworthy events, would that I had not been!
میں نے بہت سے ناقابل دید باتیں دیکھی ہیں ۔ کاش کی میری ماں نے مجھے نہ جنا ہوتا ۔ (یہ خراب حالات دیکھنے کے لیے میں دنیا میں نہ آتا) ۔
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Armaghan-e-Hijaz (Persian) — بہ آن قوم از تو میخواہم گشادی — 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 (xh3ba59e.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 (xh3ba59e.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