تراش از تیشۂ خود جادۂ خویش
English title: Dig your path with your own pickaxe. It is
تراش از تیشۂ خود جادۂ خویشبراہ دیگران رفتن عذاب است
Carve your own path with your axe's strike —
To walk the roads made by others is a plight.
اپنا راستہ اپنے تیشہ سے خود بنا —
دوسروں کے بنائے ہوئے راستے پر چلنا عذاب ہے۔
گر از دست تو کار نادر آیدگناہی ہم اگر باشد ثواب است
If from your hands a rare deed should arise —
Even if sinful, it bears a reward in disguise.
اگر تیرے ہاتھ سے کوئی نادر کام ہو جائے —
اگر وہ گناہ ہے تو بھی تجھے اس کا ثواب مل جائے گا۔
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Payam-e-Mashriq — تراش از تیشۂ خود جادۂ خویش — 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 (xe81j953.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 (xe81j953.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