تو گفتی از حیات جاودان گوی
English title: You bid me for a theme on bliss life long,
No verified published Urdu translation is available for the Persian verses in this poem yet.
تو گفتی از حیات جاودان گویبگوش مردہ ئی پیغام جان گوی
You bid me for a theme on bliss life long, On a dead ear sound a cheerful song.
ولی گویند این ناحق شناسانکہ تاریخ وفات این و آن گوی
Those uncouth put me in a poet’s hat, To write a death date of this man or that.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Armaghan-e-Hijaz (Persian) — تو گفتی از حیات جاودان گوی — 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 (n42q3og8.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