مرا روزی گل افسردہ ئی گفت
English title: One day a faded rose spoke thus to me
مرا روزی گل افسردہ ئی گفتنمود ما چو پرواز شرار است
One day a withered rose thus spoke to me: ‘Our manifesting is a spark swift blown.’
ایک دن مجھ سے ایک مرجھایا ہوا پھول بولا کہ ہماری ہستی (تو بس) چنگاری کی اڑان ایسی ہے (بہت تھوڑی ہے) ۔
دلم بر محنت نقش آفرین سوختکہ نقش کلک او ناپایدار است
My heart is anguished for the Artist’s pain, the painting of His brush fadeth so soon!
میرا دل صورت گر (خالق) کی محنت پر جل گیا کیونکہ اس کے قلم سے پیدا کردہ تصویر (کتنی ) ناپائیدار ہے ۔
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Payam-e-Mashriq — مرا روزی گل افسردہ ئی گفت — 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 آربری — Published digital poem page (k8pqfc0t.json); retrieved 2026-10-05.Translation by آربری; 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 (k8pqfc0t.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