بیا تا کار این امت بسازیم
Published English translations cover only part of this poem.
No verified published Urdu translation is available for the Persian verses in this poem yet.
بیا تا کار این امت بسازیمقمار زندگے مردانہ بازیم
Come, let us take some step for the welfare of this ummah and play life’s game like a true man;
چنان نالیم اندر مسجد شہرکہ دل در سینۂ ملا گدازیم
we weep in the city’s mosque so (bitterly) that the mullah’s heart may soften.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Armaghan-e-Hijaz (Persian) — بیا تا کار این امت بسازیم — 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 نظام الدین — Published digital poem page (hry3rp24.json); retrieved 2026-10-05.Translation by نظام الدین; Published English translation credited on the Zinderood digital poem page; the exact source unit is recorded with each imported passage.Source