بہ مرغان چمن ہمداستانم
English title: I join the garden’s songsters, and I am
بہ مرغان چمن ہمداستانمزبان غنچہ ہای بی زبانم
I'm a companion to the birds in the garden's grace —
And the voice for the voiceless buds in their silent space.
میں باغ کے پرندوں کی داستان بیان کرتا ہوں ۔ (ہم نواہوں ) میں گونگی کلیوں کی زبان ہوں ۔
چو میرم با صبا خاکم بیامیزکہ جز طوف گلان کاری ندانم
When life departs, let my ashes join the breeze —
For tending roses, in life and death, is my only ease.
جب میں مروں (تو) میری مٹی بہار کی ہوا میں ملا دینا کہ میں پھولوں کا طواف کرنے کے علاوہ کوئی کام نہیں جانتا ۔
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Payam-e-Mashriq — بہ مرغان چمن ہمداستانم — 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 (1tneq108.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 (1tneq108.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