دجود است اینکہ بینی یا نمود است
English title: This being would last or just a passing show,
Published English translations cover only part of this poem.
No verified published Urdu translation is available for the Persian verses in this poem yet.
دجود است اینکہ بینی یا نمود استحکیم ما چہ مشکلہا گشود است
کتابی بر فن غواص بنوشتولیکن در دل دریا نبود است
He wrote a book though ‘on diving in sea’, To his heart’s sea ah! he could never see!
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Armaghan-e-Hijaz (Persian) — دجود است اینکہ بینی یا نمود است — 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