چو دیدم جوھر ئینۂ خویش
English title: As soon I espied my ego’s essence,
Published English translations cover only part of this poem.
No verified published Urdu translation is available for the Persian verses in this poem yet.
چو دیدم جوھر ئینۂ خویشگرفتم خلوت اندر سینۂ خویش
ازین دانشوران کور و بی ذوقرمیدم با غم دیرینۂ خویش
I took with me my old grief and ran away from intellectuals, blind and lacking in taste.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Armaghan-e-Hijaz (Persian) — چو دیدم جوھر ئینۂ خویش — 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