مریدی فاقہ مستی گفت با شیخ
English title: A hungry seeker begged his Sheikh to plead,
Published English translations cover only part of this poem.
Published Urdu translations cover some, but not all, Persian verses in this poem.
مریدی فاقہ مستی گفت با شیخکہ یزدان را ز حال ما خبر نیست
A hungry disciple said to his master: ‘God does not know of our state:
ایک بھوکے مرید نے پیر و مرشد کو کہا کہ خدا ہمارے حال سے واقفیت نہیں رکھتا ۔ یعنی ہمارے حال کی خبر نہیں (پیر و مرشد سے مراد وہ جعلساز پیر ہیں جو خود تو عیش میں ہیں لیکن رعایا غربت کا شکار ہے) ۔
بما نزدیک تر از شہرک ماستولیکن از شکم نزدیکتر نیست
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Armaghan-e-Hijaz (Persian) — مریدی فاقہ مستی گفت با شیخ — 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 (qbuoyk3t.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 (qbuoyk3t.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