دل من در طلسم خود اسیر است
English title: My mind is dazzled by its own strong light
دل من در طلسم خود اسیر استجہان از پرتو او تاب گیر است
My heart to its own spell is prisoner; the world is lightened by its radiance fair.
میرا دل آپ اپنے جادو میں گرفتار ہے —
حالانکہ کائنات اس کے پرتو کی وجہ سے روشن ہے ۔
مپرس از صبح و شامم ز آفتابیکہ پیش روزگار من پریر است
Seek not my dawn and even in a sun that ere my rising shone a many year.
میرے صبح و شام کے بارے میں سورج سے مت پوچھ —
کہ (وہ تو) میرے آج کے سامنے پرسوں کی بات ہے ۔
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Payam-e-Mashriq — دل من در طلسم خود اسیر است — 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 (rhlrigyr.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 مخدوم حسان — Published digital poem page (rhlrigyr.json); retrieved 2026-10-05.Translation by مخدوم حسان; Published Urdu translation credited on the Zinderood digital poem page; the exact source unit is recorded with each imported passage.Source