نوای عشق را ساز است آدم
English title: Love’s music found its instrument in man
Published English translations cover only part of this poem.
Published Urdu translations cover some, but not all, Persian verses in this poem.
نوای عشق را ساز است آدمکشاید راز و خود رازست آدم
For the melody of love, man is the instrument —
نوائے عشق کے لیے آدم ساز ہے (عشق کے نغمے انسان ہی کے قلب سے پھوٹتے ہیں) —
جہان او آفرید این خوبتر ساختمگر با ایزد انباز است آدم
Allah created the world, and man makes it more beautiful —
As if he is a partner in the Creator's work.
اللہ تعالیٰ نے جہان پیدا کیا، یہ اسے خوب تر بناتا ہے —
گویا یہ خالق کا شریک کار ہے۔
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Payam-e-Mashriq — نوای عشق را ساز است آدم — 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 (y4ktg9jo.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 مخدوم حسان — Published digital poem page (y4ktg9jo.json); retrieved 2026-10-05.Translation by مخدوم حسان; Published Urdu translation credited on the Zinderood digital poem page; the exact source unit is recorded with each imported passage.Source