بگو جبریل را از من پیامی
English title: Go and tell this to Gabriel from me
بگو جبریل را از من پیامیمرا آن پیکر نوری ندادند
Tell Gabriel (A.S) from me, a message clear —
I wasn't granted a luminous form like his, so dear.
جبریل کو میرا ایک پیغام دو مجھے وہ نور پیکر نہیں بخشا گیا (مجھے خالق نے تجھ جیسا نورانی جسم عطا نہیں کیا ) ۔
ولی تاب و تب ما خاکیان بینبہ نوری ذوق مہجوری ندادند
Yet observe the brilliance and fervor of us, made of clay —
In the joy and agony of separation, in a way the luminous cannot sway.
لیکن ہم خاکیوں کی تپش اور تڑپ سوز و ساز دیکھ (اللہ نے)فرشتے کو جدائی کی لذت عطا نہیں کی ۔ یعنی اللہ تعالیٰ سے دوری کا جو سوز و لطف ہمیں ملا ہے نوری اس سے محروم ہیں ۔
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Payam-e-Mashriq — بگو جبریل را از من پیامی — 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 (etl2477z.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 (etl2477z.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