خودی تا گشت مہجور خدائی
English title: When self is deprived from godly tint,
Published English translations cover only part of this poem.
Published Urdu translations cover some, but not all, Persian verses in this poem.
خودی تا گشت مہجور خدائیبہ فقر موخت داب گدائی
When Khudi abandoned the divine attributes —
جب خودی نے خدائی صفات چھوڑ دیں —
ز چشم مست رومی وام کردمسروری از مقام کبریائی
I have borrowed from Rumi’s intoxicated gaze —
A rapture and ecstasy from the Station of Divine Majesty.
میں رومی کی مست نگاہوں سے ادھار لے چکا —
مقام کبریائی کا سرور، مقام کبریائی کی سرشاری ۔
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Armaghan-e-Hijaz (Persian) — خودی تا گشت مہجور خدائی — 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 مخدوم حسان — Published digital poem page (a0ve2hxl.json); retrieved 2026-10-05.Translation by مخدوم حسان; 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 مخدوم حسان — Published digital poem page (a0ve2hxl.json); retrieved 2026-10-05.Translation by مخدوم حسان; Published Urdu translation credited on the Zinderood digital poem page; the exact source unit is recorded with each imported passage.Source