حکیمان را بھا کمتر نہادند
English title: To wise he gave less wealth and affluence,
حکیمان را بھا کمتر نہادندبہ نادان جلوہ مستانہ دادند
To wise he gave less wealth and affluence, The duffer got lustres of raptures hence.
یہاں مدینہ میں عقلمندوں کو کم قیمت پہ رکھا جاتا ہے ۔ اور نادانوں کو مست جلوے عطا کیے جاتے ہیں ۔
چہ خوش بختی ، چہ خرم روزگاریدر سلطان بہ درویشی گشادند
How lucky they were and lucky that age, When king’s door were open to a saint or page.
کیا خوش قسمتی ہے اور کیا خوش و خرم زندگی ہے کہ میری طرح کے درویش کے لیے سلطان (رسول اکرمﷺ) کے دروازے کھول دیے گئے ہیں ۔
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Armaghan-e-Hijaz (Persian) — حکیمان را بھا کمتر نہادند — 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 (22quscfe.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 (22quscfe.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