ببرگ لالہ رنگ آمیزی عشق
English title: Love paints the tulip’s leaves a vivid red
Published English translations cover only part of this poem.
Published Urdu translations cover some, but not all, Persian verses in this poem.
ببرگ لالہ رنگ آمیزی عشقبجان ما بلا انگیزی عشق
اگر این خاکدان را واشگافیدرونش بنگری خونریزی عشق
Should you dissect this earthen mass —
You would witness love’s bloodshed within.
اگر تو اس زمین کو چیرے تو تجھے اس کے اندر عشق ہی کی خونریزی نظر آئے گی ۔ مراد کائنات میں ہر جگہ عشق ہی کی حکومت ہے ۔
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Payam-e-Mashriq — ببرگ لالہ رنگ آمیزی عشق — 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: Payam-e-Mashriq — 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
- payam-e-mashriq: published English translation by مخدوم حسان — Published digital poem page (yn1sj2f0.json); retrieved 2026-10-05.Translation by مخدوم حسان; Published English translation credited on the Zinderood digital poem page; the exact source unit is recorded with each imported passage.Source
- payam-e-mashriq: published Urdu translation by حمیداللہ ہاشمی — Published digital poem page (yn1sj2f0.json); retrieved 2026-10-05.Translation by حمیداللہ ہاشمی; Published Urdu translation credited on the Zinderood digital poem page; the exact source unit is recorded with each imported passage.Source