اگر کردی نگہ بر پارۂ سنگ
English title: Because you cast a wistful eye on it
اگر کردی نگہ بر پارۂ سنگز فیض آرزوی تو گہر شد
When you gazed upon a mere fragment of stone —
Through your wishful grace, it turned into a pearl, all on its own.
اگر تو پتھر کے ٹکڑے پر نظر کرتا تو وہ تیری آرزو کے فیض سے ہیرا بن جاتا ۔
بہ زر خود را مسنج ای بندۂ زرکہ زر از گوشۂ چشم تو زر شد
Slave of gold, value not yourself in its glow —
For it's your own gaze that makes the gold so.
او دولت کے بندے! خود کو سونے سے مت تول کہ سونا تو تیرے التفات سے زر ہو گیا ہے(اصل سونا اور جوہر خود آدمی ہے) ۔
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Payam-e-Mashriq — اگر کردی نگہ بر پارۂ سنگ — 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 (mpv0w76b.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 (mpv0w76b.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