چہ خوش گفت اشتری با کرہ خویش
English title: A camel once said a nice word to foal,
Published English translations cover only part of this poem.
No verified published Urdu translation is available for the Persian verses in this poem yet.
چہ خوش گفت اشتری با کرہ خویشخنک نکس کہ داند کار خود را
بگیر از ما کہن صحرا نوردانبہ پشت خویش بردن بار خود را
Learn from me a knack of desert tramps, To take thy own load from camps to camps.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Armaghan-e-Hijaz (Persian) — چہ خوش گفت اشتری با کرہ خویش — 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