تہی از ہای و ہو میخانہ بودی
English title: Life’s tavern would have lain death-still and dark
تہی از ہای و ہو میخانہ بودیگل ما از شرر بیگانہ بودی
The tavern of this world would have been exempt from turbulence —
No spark would have illuminated our clay’s indifference.
تو یہ میخانہ (دنیا) ہاے و ہو سے خالی ہوتا ۔ ہماری مٹی چنگاری (کی چمک) سے خالی رہتی ۔
نبودی عشق و این ہنگامۂ عشقاگر دل چون خرد فرزانہ بودی
There would have been neither love nor its tumult —
If the heart possessed the mind’s intelligence.
نہ یہاں عشق ہوتا اور نہ عشق کا یہ ہنگامہ ہوتا ۔ اگر دل بھی عقل کی طرح سمجھ بوجھ والا عقل مند ہوتا ۔
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Payam-e-Mashriq — تہی از ہای و ہو میخانہ بودی — 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 (e1ad8i6m.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 (e1ad8i6m.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