ز پیری یاد دارم این دو اندرز
English title: Two worlds of old man I keep in mind still,
Published English translations cover only part of this poem.
No verified published Urdu translation is available for the Persian verses in this poem yet.
ز پیری یاد دارم این دو اندرزنباید جز بجان خویشتن زیست
I remember these two precepts from an old man: one should not live except through one’s soul;
گریز از پیش ن مرد فرودستکہ جان خود گرو کرد و بہ تن زیست
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Armaghan-e-Hijaz (Persian) — ز پیری یاد دارم این دو اندرز — 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 (cbupb9fi.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