جہان ما کہ نابود است بودش
English title: From nothing did this world originate
جہان ما کہ نابود است بودشزیان توام ہمی زاید بسودش
This world of ours, where Loss is born with gain and dissolution is with Being twain.
ہمارا جہان جس کا ہونا نہ ہونے کے برابر ہے ۔ نقصان یہاں کے فائدے کا ہمزاد ہے یہاں فائدے کے ساتھ نقصان بھی بڑھتا ہے
کہن را نو کن و طرح دگر ریزدل ما بر نتابد دیر و زودش
Our heart will not endure it, soon or late: Make new the old, and build it up again!
اس پرانے کو نیا کر اور دوسری (نئی) بنیاد ڈال ۔ ہمارا دل اس کے اب اور تب کو گوارا نہیں کرتا ۔
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Payam-e-Mashriq — جہان ما کہ نابود است بودش — 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 (68buxdz2.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 (68buxdz2.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