چسان ای آفتاب آسمان گرد
English title: O sun, O restless roamer of the skies
چسان ای آفتاب آسمان گردباین دوری بہ چشم من در آئی
Being so distant, heaven-circling sun, what manner to my vision dost thou come?
کیسے اے آسمان پر گردش کرنے والے آفتاب —
تو اتنی دوری کے باوجود میری آنکھ میں سما جاتا ہے؟
بخاکی واصل و از خاکدان دورتو ای مژگان گسل آخر کجائی
Nigh to the earthy, from the earth so far! O vision dazzler, whither dost thou roam?
تو آدم سے منسلک بھی ہے اور دنیا سے دور بھی —
اے آنکھیں چندھیا دینے والے ، تو آخر کہاں ہے ؟
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Payam-e-Mashriq — چسان ای آفتاب آسمان گرد — 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 (z50fn63l.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 (z50fn63l.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