جہان مشت گل و دل حاصل اوست
English title: This world is mere dust and the heart its fruit–
جہان مشت گل و دل حاصل اوستہمین یک قطرۂ خون مشکل اوست
The world is clay; our hearts its harvest be; yet is this drop of blood its mystery.
یہ دنیا مٹھی بھر مٹی (خاک) ہے اور دل اس کا حاصل ہے ۔ یہی ایک بوند لہو اس کی مشکل ہے (اسی قطرہَ خون کو سنبھالنا مشکل ہے) ۔
نگاہ ما دو بین افتاد ورنہجہان ھر کسی اندر دل اوست
Surely our sight is double, or the world of every man is in his heart to see.
ہماری نظر ایک کا (دوجہان اور دل) دونوں کو الگ الگ دیکھتی ہے ۔ دیکھنے والی ہو گی ورنہ ہر آدمی کی دنیا اس کے دل میں ہے (دل کے اندر ہے) ۔
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Payam-e-Mashriq — جہان مشت گل و دل حاصل اوست — 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 آربری — Published digital poem page (iv33nhe0.json); retrieved 2026-10-05.Translation by آربری; 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 (iv33nhe0.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