دلت می لرزد از اندیشۂ مرگ
English title: Your heart quakes with the fear of death: you pale
دلت می لرزد از اندیشۂ مرگز بیمش زرد مانند زریری
Your heart trembles with the thought of death —
Paled by its fear, like turmeric's yellow breath.
تیرا دل موت کے خوف سے لرزتا رہتا ہے اس کے ڈر سے تو ہلدی کی مانند پیلا پڑ گیا ہے
بہ خود باز آ خودی را پختہ تر گیراگر گیری ، پس از مردن نمیری
Return to yourself, strengthen your inner core —
If grasped firmly, death won't touch you anymore.
اپنے آپ میں لوٹ ، آ خودی کو اور پختہ کر (روح کو عشق الہٰی سے پختہ کر لے) ۔ تو اگر (یہ) کر لے تو مرنے کے بعد بھی نہیں مرے گا ۔
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Payam-e-Mashriq — دلت می لرزد از اندیشۂ مرگ — 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 (29ll96qt.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 (29ll96qt.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