دل ملا گرفتار غمی نیست
English title: The ‘mullah’ never knows the pangs of grief,
No verified published Urdu translation is available for the Persian verses in this poem yet.
دل ملا گرفتار غمی نیستنگاہی ہست ، در چشمش نمی نیست
The ‘mullah’ never knows the pangs of grief, No tears ever flow in his eyes and belief,
از آن بگریختم از مکتب اوکہ در ریگ حجازش زمزمی نیست
From his School of quacks I took to my heels, The sounds of desert chantshis dust can’t feel.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Armaghan-e-Hijaz (Persian) — دل ملا گرفتار غمی نیست — 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