جبین را پیش غیر اللہ سودیم
English title: To others than God we touch our brows,
جبین را پیش غیر اللہ سودیمچو گبران در حضور او سرودیم
To others than God we touch our brows, And sing like Guibersin round about rows.
ہم نے پیشانی کو غیر اللہ کے سامنے گھسایا ۔ اس کے سامنے آتش پرستوں کی طرح نغمے گائے ۔
ننالم از کسی می نالم از خویشکہ ما شایان شان تو نبودیم
I weep not on else, I weep on me, We are not fit for honours of thee.
میں کسی سے نالاں نہیں ہوں ۔ میں خود سے نالاں ہوں کیونکہ ہم تیری (آپ) کی شان کے قابل نہیں ہیں ۔
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Armaghan-e-Hijaz (Persian) — جبین را پیش غیر اللہ سودیم — 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