بہ این پیری رہ یثرب گرفتم
English title: I cherish for Yasrib though I am old,
بہ این پیری رہ یثرب گرفتمنوا خوان از سرود عاشقانہ
I cherish for Yathrib though I am old, I am moved to singing in love’s sweet hold.
میں نے اس بڑھاپے میں عاشقانہ نغمے کی نوجوانی سے مدینہ منورہ کا راستہ اختیار کیا ۔
چو آن مرغی کہ در صحرا سر شامگشاید پر بہ فکر آشیانہ
As the birds at dusk would fly back to nest, I cherish to fly for the desert’s quest.
اس پرندے کی طرح جو صحرا میں شام کے وقت اپنے گھونسلے میں جانے کی فکر میں پرواز کے لیے پر کھولتا ہے ۔
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Armaghan-e-Hijaz (Persian) — بہ این پیری رہ یثرب گرفتم — 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 کبیر — Published digital poem page (xprxbur0.json); retrieved 2026-10-05.Translation by کبیر; 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 (xprxbur0.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