تو میدانی حیات جاودان چیست؟
English title: What is the lasting life is known to thee,
تو میدانی حیات جاودان چیست؟نمی دانی کہ مرگ ناگہان چیست؟
You know what eternal life is, you don’t know what sudden death is!
تو یہ جانتا ہے کہ ہمیشہ کی زندگی کیا ہے تو یہ نہیں جانتا کہ اچانک موت کیا ہوتی ہے
ز اوقات تو یکدم کم نگردداگر من جاودان باشم زیان چیست؟
Not a single moment of yours is lost, if I become immortal: what is your loss?
تیرے لمحوں سے ایک لمحہ کم نہیں ہو گا اگر مجھے ہمیشہ کی زندگی مل جائے تو تیرا کیا نقصان ہے
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Armaghan-e-Hijaz (Persian) — تو میدانی حیات جاودان چیست؟ — 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 (z6fttive.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 (z6fttive.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