بہ ساحل گفت موج بیقراری
English title: A restive wave said once to a coast,
Published English translations cover only part of this poem.
No verified published Urdu translation is available for the Persian verses in this poem yet.
بہ ساحل گفت موج بیقراریبہ فرعونی کنم خود را عیاری
The restless wave said to the shore: I judge myself through a Pharaoh;
گہی بر خویش می پیچم چو ماریگہی رقصم بہ ذوق انتظاری
sometimes I coil and recoil like a snake, sometimes I dance to enjoy the experience of waiting.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Armaghan-e-Hijaz (Persian) — بہ ساحل گفت موج بیقراری — 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