ترا با خرقہ و عمامہ کاری
English title: For robes and turbans why you feel a bent,
Published English translations cover only part of this poem.
No verified published Urdu translation is available for the Persian verses in this poem yet.
ترا با خرقہ و عمامہ کاریمن از خود یافتم بوی نگاری
You are busy with your cup and dress, I discovered the Beloved’s smell by myself;
ہمین یک چوب نی سرمایۂ مننہ چوب منبری نی چوب داری
my whole asset consists of this one word of flute, I need neither pulpit’s wood nor that of gallows.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Armaghan-e-Hijaz (Persian) — ترا با خرقہ و عمامہ کاری — 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