میان آب و گل خلوت گزیدم
English title: Eschewing Plato and Farabi
میان آب و گل خلوت گزیدمز افلاطون و فارابی بریدم
Within the realm of water and clay, I've chosen retreat —
From Plato and Farabi, I've made my discreet.
میں نے آب و گل کے جہان کے اندر خلوت اختیار کی ہے —
افلاطون و فارابی سے علیحدہ رہا ہوں۔
نکردم از کسی دریوزۂ چشمجہان را جز بہ چشم خود ندیدم
I begged not for vision from any other's plea —
The world, I viewed solely with my own eyes, free.
میں نے کسی سے دیکھنے کی بھیک نہیں مانگی —
دنیا کو اپنی ہی آنکھ سے دیکھا ہے۔
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Payam-e-Mashriq — میان آب و گل خلوت گزیدم — 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 (kt25gb9n.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 (kt25gb9n.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