خرد زنجیری امروز و دوش است
English title: To past and present reason is a slave
خرد زنجیری امروز و دوش استپرستار بتان چشم و گوش است
To past and present reason is a slave —
It worships images of the eye and ear.
عقل آج اور کل کی زنجیر میں جکڑی ہوئی ہے ۔ آنکھ اور کان کے بتوں کو پوجنے والی ہے ۔
صنم در آستین پوشیدہ داردبرہمن زادۂ زنار پوش است
It always has an idol up its sleeve —
It is a Brahmin bred and born, beware
آستین میں بت چھپائے رکھتی ہے ۔ زنار باندھنے والی برہمن زادی معلوم ہوتی ہے (وہ باطن پرست اور حق ناشناس ہے) یعنی حقیقت کو پہچان نہیں سکتی ۔
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Payam-e-Mashriq — خرد زنجیری امروز و دوش است — 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 (577uhgps.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 (577uhgps.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