بہل افسانۂ آن پا چراغی
English title: Do not tell me about that silly moth
بہل افسانۂ آن پا چراغیحدیث سوز او آزار گوش است
Leave aside the tale of the moth fallen under the lamp —
The story of its burning is painful to hear.
چھوڑ اس پتنگے (پروانہ بے قرار) کی داستان اس کے جلنے کا بیان کانوں کے لیے تکلیف دہ ہے(شمع اور پروانہ کے قصہ کو کون نہیں جانتا) ۔
من آن پروانہ را پروانہ دانمکہ جانش سخت کوش و شعلہ نوش است
I consider that moth truly a moth,
Whose soul strives hard and drinks the flame.
میں تو اس پروانے کو پروانہ سمجھتا ہوں کہ جس کی جان سخت کوش اور شعلہ نوش ہو (شعلے کو کھا جائے) ۔
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Payam-e-Mashriq — بہل افسانۂ آن پا چراغی — 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 (lqk9lswy.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 (lqk9lswy.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