فقیرم ساز و سامانم نگاہی است
English title: A poor I am whose asset is glance,
Published English translations cover only part of this poem.
No verified published Urdu translation is available for the Persian verses in this poem yet.
فقیرم ساز و سامانم نگاہی استبہ چشمم کوہ یاران برگ کاہی است
I am a fakir, my whole asset is my insight, to me other people’s mountain appears as a straw;
ز من گیر این کہ زاغ دخمہ بہتراز ن بازی کہ دست موز شاہیست
take it from me: graveyard’s crow is better than a falcon accustomed to a king’s hand.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Armaghan-e-Hijaz (Persian) — فقیرم ساز و سامانم نگاہی 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 نظام الدین — Published digital poem page (fifvoo5r.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