نداند جبرئیل این ہای و ہو را
English title: I donned big circles on a likewise night,
Published English translations cover only part of this poem.
Published Urdu translations cover some, but not all, Persian verses in this poem.
نداند جبرئیل این ہای و ہو راکہ نشناسد مقام جستجو را
بپرس از بندۂ بیچارۂ خویشکہ داند نیش و نوش آرزو را
ask this helpless creature of yours who knows the pleasure and pain of desire!
اپنے عاجز بندے سے پوچھ کیونکہ وہ خواہش کے پانے کی لذت اور دکھ کو جانتا ہے ۔
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Armaghan-e-Hijaz (Persian) — نداند جبرئیل این ہای و ہو را — 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 (2jsu2083.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 (2jsu2083.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