شبی پیش خدا بگریستم زار
English title: At night before Lord I often cry,
شبی پیش خدا بگریستم زارمسلمانان چرا زارند و خوارند
At night before Lord I often cry, Why Moslems are aimed for curse of sky.
میں ایک رات خدا کے سامنے زارو قطار رویا ۔ مسلمان دکھ اور تکلیف میں کیوں ہیں اور ذلالت اٹھا رہے ہیں ۔
ندا آمد ، نمیدانی کہ این قومدلی دارند و محبوبی ندارند
A voice came then, “You know not this race, Hold a heart yet know not lovers face.”
آواز آئی، کیا تو نہیں جانتا کہ یہ قوم دل تو رکھتی ہے لیکن محبوب (حضرت محمد) نہیں رکھتی ۔
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Armaghan-e-Hijaz (Persian) — شبی پیش خدا بگریستم زار — 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