پسر را گفت پیری خرقہ بازی
English title: Thus spoke to his son a guide in patched robe,
Published English translations cover only part of this poem.
Published Urdu translations cover some, but not all, Persian verses in this poem.
پسر را گفت پیری خرقہ بازیترا این نکتہ باید حرز جان کرد
Thus spoke to his son a guide in patched robe, I tell thee a point after whole life’s probe.
ایک درویشی سے نا آشنا پیر نے بیٹے کو کہا کہ تجھے اس باریک بات کو جان کا تعویذ بنا لینا چاہیے ۔
بہ نمرودان این دور شنا باشز فیض شان براہیمی توان کرد
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Armaghan-e-Hijaz (Persian) — پسر را گفت پیری خرقہ بازی — 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 (hgt9qxz9.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 (hgt9qxz9.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