دل بیباک را ضرغام رنگ است
English title: Lions to dauntless hearts appear as sheep
دل بیباک را ضرغام رنگ استدل ترسندہ را آہو پلنگ است
To the valiant heart, a lion stands as mild as a goat —
To the timid soul, even the gentle deer seems a leopard's throat.
دل بیباک کے لیے شیر بھی پہاڑی بکری ہے —
خوفزدہ دل کے لیے ہرن بھی چیتا ہے۔
اگر بیمی نداری بحر صحراستاگر ترسی بہر موجش نہنگ است
If boldness fills your chest, the sea mirrors desert sand —
But if fear clutches your heart, each wave hides a crocodile's hand.
اگر تیرے اندر خوف نہیں تو تیرے لیے سمندر بھی صحرا ہے —
اگر تو خوفزدہ ہے تو اس کی ہر موج میں تجھے مگرمچھ نظر آئے گا۔
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Payam-e-Mashriq — دل بیباک را ضرغام رنگ 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 مخدوم حسان — Published digital poem page (30uozuza.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 مخدوم حسان — Published digital poem page (30uozuza.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
