مپرس از من کہ احوالش چسان است
English title: Ask me not of his present day lot,
مپرس از من کہ احوالش چسان استزمینش بدگہر چون آسمان است
Ask me not of his present day lot, As if, earth and sky have made a plot,
مجھ سے مت پوچھ کہ مسلمان کا حال کیسا ہے کیونکہ اس کی زمین آسمان کی طرح اس کے لیے ناموافق ہے (وہ ذلت کی زندگی بسر کر رہا ہے ) ۔
بر آن مرغی کہ پروردی بہ انجیرتلاش دانہ در صحرا گران است
To bird who was reared on fruits of fig, The grains’ search in deserts a problem big.
اس پرندے پر جس کی انجیر سے پرورش کی ہے اس کے لیے صحرا میں دانہ تلاش کرنا بھاری ہے ۔
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Armaghan-e-Hijaz (Persian) — مپرس از من کہ احوالش چسان 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 (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