درین بتخانہ دل با کس نبستم
English title: This heart, I tied not with aught in this fane,
No verified published Urdu translation is available for the Persian verses in this poem yet.
درین بتخانہ دل با کس نبستمولیکن از مقام خود گسستم
This heart, I tied not with aught in this fane, I lost self’s place in my own eye’s pane.
ز من امروز میخواھد سجودیخداوندی کہ دی او را شکستم
Now he is looking for my ‘bows’ today, On whom I was ruling just the last day.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Armaghan-e-Hijaz (Persian) — درین بتخانہ دل با کس نبستم — 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