چہ خوش صحرا کہ شامش صبح خند است
English title: Hail the desert whose eve is morning gay,
چہ خوش صحرا کہ شامش صبح خند استشبش کوتاہ و روز او بلند است
Hail the desert whose eve is morning gay, Whose nights are shorter and longer the day.
صحرا کتنا اچھا ہے کیونکہ اس کی شام صبح کی طرح مسکراتی ہے اس کی رات چھوٹی اور اس کا دن بڑا ہے ۔
قدم ای راھرو آہستہ تر نہچو ما ہر ذرہ او دردمند است
Place thy steps with a gentle gait, That sands like me has a ruthful trait.
اے راہی! بڑی نرمی سے قدم رکھ کیونکہ اس کا (صحرا کا) ہر ذرہ میری طرح دردمند (عاشق ) ہے ۔
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Armaghan-e-Hijaz (Persian) — چہ خوش صحرا کہ شامش صبح خند است — 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 (7pmc5u5i.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 (7pmc5u5i.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