جہان ما کہ جز انگارہ ئی نیست
English title: This world of our, a sculptors study still
جہان ما کہ جز انگارہ ئی نیستاسیر انقلاب صبح و شام است
Our world, merely a fleeting notion —
Bound to the cycles of night and day's motion.
ہمارا یہ جہان جو صرف نقش ناتمام ہے —
جو صبح وشام کی تبدیلی (زمان) کا اسیر ہے۔
ز سوہان قضا ہموار گرددہنوز این پیکر گل ناتمام است
Smoothed by fate's relentless abrasion —
Yet this clay-formed world still lacks completion.
قضا کی سان اسے ہموار کرتی ہے —
ورنہ ابھی تک یہ مٹی کا پیکر (جہان) نامکمل ہے۔
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Payam-e-Mashriq — جہان ما کہ جز انگارہ ئی نیست — 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 (zjqyhrqt.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 (zjqyhrqt.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