سحر می گفت بلبل باغبان را
English title: "O gardener", said the nightingale one morning
سحر می گفت بلبل باغبان رادرین گل جز نہال غم نگیرد
At dawn, the nightingale said to the gardener —
In this soil, nothing grows but the plant of sorrow.
صبح کے وقت بلبل نے باغبان سے کہا کہ اس مٹی میں غم کے پودے کے سوا اور کچھ نہیں اگتا ۔
بہ پیری میرسد خار بیابانولی گل چون جوان گردد بمیرد
The desert's thorn reaches ripe old age —
But the flower of the garden, in its youth, fades away.
بیابان کا کانٹا بڑھاپے تک پہنچ جاتا ہے ۔ لیکن گلستان کا پھول جوان ہوتے ہی مر جاتا ہے (حسن ایک زوال پذیر شے ہے دنیا میں دلکش اور حسین اشیا کو ثبات و قرار نہیں ہے ۔ )
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Payam-e-Mashriq — سحر می گفت بلبل باغبان را — 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 (8s0a1kqa.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 (8s0a1kqa.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