زمانہ کار او را میبرد پیش
English title: His help the world seeks like his slave own,
No verified published Urdu translation is available for the Persian verses in this poem yet.
زمانہ کار او را میبرد پیشکہ مرد خود نگہدار است درویش
His help the world seeks like his slave own, Since he guarded self with saintly tone.
ہمین فقر است و سلطانی کہ دل رانگہ داری چو دریا گوہر خویش
This is faqr and kingship which guards the heart, As sea guards pearls like a best work of art.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Armaghan-e-Hijaz (Persian) — زمانہ کار او را میبرد پیش — 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 (nky2hf4f.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