درین گلشن پریشان مثل بویم
English title: I roam this garden like its flowers’ scent
درین گلشن پریشان مثل بویمنمیدانم چہ میخواھم چہ جویم
In this garden of the world, like a fragrance, I wander lost —
I know not what I seek, or whom I search for.
میں ا س باغ (دنیا) میں خوشبو کی طرح سرگرداں (پریشان) ہوں ۔ میں نہیں جانتا کہ میں کیا چاہتا ہوں کیا ڈھونڈتا ہوں ۔
برآید آرزو یا بر نیایدشہید سوز و ساز آرزویم
Whether my desire is fulfilled or not —
I live for the thrill and ecstasy of longing itself.
میری آرزو بر آئے یا نہ آئے (پوری ہو یا نہ ہو) ۔ میں تو صرف آرزو کے سوزو سامان کا مارا ہوا ہوں ، ہر شخص گرفتار دام آرزو ہے ۔
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Payam-e-Mashriq — درین گلشن پریشان مثل بویم — 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 (ct9z5ow2.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 (ct9z5ow2.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
