چہ گویم نکتۂ زشت و نکو چیست

English title: I cannot say what is foul and what fair

Translations
چہ گویم نکتۂ زشت و نکو چیستزبان لرزد کہ معنی پیچدار است
برون از شاخ بینی خار و گل رادرون او نہ گل پیدا نہ خار است
Sources and translator credits
  • Original text transcription: Payam-e-Mashriq — چہ گویم نکتۂ زشت و نکو چیست — 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 (7tjjt2gu.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 (7tjjt2gu.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
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