چسان احوال او را بر لب آرم
English title: A friend’s hidden life how can I reveal,
چسان احوال او را بر لب آرمتو می بینی نہان و آشکارم
A friend’s hidden life how can I reveal, You know what we talk and what we conceal.
میں اس کے احوال کو کس طرح زبان پر لاؤں کہ تو میرے چھپی ہوئی اور ظاہری باتوں کو جانتا ہے ۔
ز روداد دو صد سالش ہمین بسکہ دل چون کندہ قصاب دارم
Two hundred years’ tale is enough to weep, Like a butcher’s wood a heart I keep.
میں اس کی دو سو سالہ زندگی کے حال سے بس اتنا کہہ سکتا ہوں کہ میں اپنا دل قصاب کے لکڑی کے اس موٹے ٹکڑے کی طرح رکھتا ہوں جس پر وہ قیمہ کوٹتا ہے ۔
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Armaghan-e-Hijaz (Persian) — چسان احوال او را بر لب آرم — 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 (f9qa7ays.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 (f9qa7ays.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
