چہ پرسے از کجایم چیستم من ؟

English title: Why ask what I am and where I came from?

Translations
چہ پرسے از کجایم چیستم من ؟بہ خود پیچیدہ ام تا زیستم من
درین دریا چو موج بیقرارماگر بر خود نپیچم نیستم من
Sources and translator credits
  • Original text transcription: Payam-e-Mashriq — چہ پرسے از کجایم چیستم من ؟ — 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 (fvb6z6ku.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 (fvb6z6ku.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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