دلا رمز حیات از غنچہ دریاب
English title: Learn from the rosebud how to live. O heart
دلا رمز حیات از غنچہ دریابحقیقت در مجازش بی حجاب است
Heart, in the rosebud view Life’s mystery! Truth in contingent there unveiled is shewn;
اے دل! حیات کا راز کلی سے سمجھ —
اس کے مزاج میں حقیقت بے نقاب ہے۔
ز خاک تیرہ میروید ولیکننگاہش بر شعاع آفتاب است
Although it springeth from the shadowed earth, its gaze is fixed upon the radiant sun.
کلی خاک تیرہ سے پیدا ہوتی ہے —
لیکن اس کی نظر آفتاب کی شعاع پر رہتی ہے۔
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Payam-e-Mashriq — دلا رمز حیات از غنچہ دریاب — 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 (oulrdexg.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 (oulrdexg.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