خودی را نشۂ من عین ہوش است
English title: To self my wine gives full sense and poise,
Published English translations cover only part of this poem.
No verified published Urdu translation is available for the Persian verses in this poem yet.
خودی را نشۂ من عین ہوش استاز ن میخانۂ من کم خروش است
Khudi’s intoxication of I‐ness is the essence of sobriety, my tavern therefore is not so noisy;
می من گرچہ نا صاف است درکشکہ این تہ جرعۂ خمہای دوش است
my wine, though not pure, yet you drink it: it is the residue of yesterday’s wine jar.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Armaghan-e-Hijaz (Persian) — خودی را نشۂ من عین ہوش 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