طلسم علم حاضر را شکستم
English title: I broke the magic of the modern age,
No verified published Urdu translation is available for the Persian verses in this poem yet.
طلسم علم حاضر را شکستمربودم دانہ و دامش گسستم
I broke the magic of the modern age, I pounced on the grains and broke the trap cage.
خدا داند کہ مانند براہیمبہ نار او چہ بے پروا نشستم
The God knows that in the Abram’s wake, How fearless I sat in that fire’s stake.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Armaghan-e-Hijaz (Persian) — طلسم علم حاضر را شکستم — 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