چمنہا زان جنون ویرانہ گردد
English title: If a craze consumes the garden’s face,
Published English translations cover only part of this poem.
Published Urdu translations cover some, but not all, Persian verses in this poem.
چمنہا زان جنون ویرانہ گرددکہ از ہنگامہ ہا بیگانہ گردد
If a craze consumes the garden’s face, And saps its beauty and social grace.
اس جنون (عشق) سے باغات بھی ویران ہو جاتے ہیں کیونکہ (زندگی کو ) ہنگاموں سے اجنبی بنا دیتا ہے ۔
از ن ہوئی کہ افکندم درین شہرجنون ماند ولی فرزانہ گردد
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Armaghan-e-Hijaz (Persian) — چمنہا زان جنون ویرانہ گردد — 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 (v6qgds42.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 (v6qgds42.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