ندانی تا نباشی محرم مرد
English title: You cant learn aught ‘sans’ a conscious soul,
Published English translations cover only part of this poem.
No verified published Urdu translation is available for the Persian verses in this poem yet.
ندانی تا نباشی محرم مردکہ دلھا زندہ گردد از دم مرد
Perhaps you’re unaware—unless you enter into rapport with a man— that hearts become alive through his breath;
نگہدارد ز ہ و نالہ خود راکہ خود دار است چون مردان ، غم مرد
he doesn’t give bent to lamentations, for man’s grief knows control and composure.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Armaghan-e-Hijaz (Persian) — ندانی تا نباشی محرم مرد — 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