فساد عصر حاضر شکار است
English title: From this world’s clear violence the man is sick.
Published English translations cover only part of this poem.
No verified published Urdu translation is available for the Persian verses in this poem yet.
فساد عصر حاضر شکار استسپہر از زشتی او شرمسار است
اگر پیدا کنی ذوق نگاہیدو صد شیطان ترا خدمتگزار است
Shouldst thou develop a taste for Vision, Two hundred Satans are at thy beck and call.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Armaghan-e-Hijaz (Persian) — فساد عصر حاضر شکار 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 بٹلر — Published digital poem page (xgyk2zt7.json); retrieved 2026-10-05.Translation by بٹلر; Published English translation credited on the Zinderood digital poem page; the exact source unit is recorded with each imported passage.Source