فتادی از مقام کبریائے
English title: You had fallen then from a godly place,
No verified published Urdu translation is available for the Persian verses in this poem yet.
فتادی از مقام کبریائےحضور دون نھادان چہرہ سائے
You had fallen then from a godly place, To courts of mean men you sought a close face.
تو شاہینی ولیکن خویشتن رانگیری تا بدام خود نیائے
Thou art a hawk, to self you cannot get, Until you are caught in thy self’s own net.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Armaghan-e-Hijaz (Persian) — فتادی از مقام کبریائے — 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 (2v8push4.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