مسلمان زادہ و نامحرم مرگ
English title: Though born as Muslim yet knows not the death,
مسلمان زادہ و نامحرم مرگز بیم مرگ لرزان تا دم مرگ
Though born as Muslim yet knows not the death, From fear of death shivers to his last breath
مسلمان ہو کر موت کی حقیقت سے نا آشنا ہے ۔ کیونکہ وہ موت تک موت کے خوف سے کانپتا رہتا ہے ۔
دلی در سینہ چاکش ندیدمدم بگسستہ ئی بود و غم مرگ
I didn’t peep though through his bosom’s slit The fear of death has weaken’d his grit.
میں نے اس کے (مصائب اور غموں سے) چاک سینے میں دل نہیں دیکھا ۔ البتہ بزدلی اور گھبراہٹ والا سانس اور موت کا غم موجود ہے ۔
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Armaghan-e-Hijaz (Persian) — مسلمان زادہ و نامحرم مرگ — 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 (byahkmdb.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 (byahkmdb.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