بدست من ہمان دیرینہ چنگ است
English title: The same old harp I hold in my hand,
No verified published Urdu translation is available for the Persian verses in this poem yet.
بدست من ہمان دیرینہ چنگ استدرونش نالہ ہای رنگ رنگ است
In my hands I hold the same old violin, Full of plaintive songs with many melodies.
ولی بنوازمش با ناخن شیرکہ او را تار از رگہای سنگ است
But I play it with the claws of a lion, For its strings are made of gut as hard as rock.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Armaghan-e-Hijaz (Persian) — بدست من ہمان دیرینہ چنگ 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 مستنصر میر — Published digital poem page (fifvoo5r.json); retrieved 2026-10-05.Translation by مستنصر میر; Published English translation credited on the Zinderood digital poem page; the exact source unit is recorded with each imported passage.Source