جہان کز خود ندارد دستگاہی
English title: The World, which has no being of its own
Published English translations cover only part of this poem.
Published Urdu translations cover some, but not all, Persian verses in this poem.
جہان کز خود ندارد دستگاہیبہ کوی آرزو می جست راہی
The world, that findeth in itself no stay —
Sought in the street of yearning for a way.
جہان جو اپنے اندر (کہیں پہنچنے کی) صلاحیت نہیں رکھتا تھا —
وہ آرزو کے کوچے کے راستے کی تلاش میں تھا۔
ز آغوش عدم دزدیدہ بگربختگرفت اندر دل آدم پناہی
And last in Adam’s heart for refuge lay.
اور اس نے آدم کے دل کے اندر پناہ لی۔
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Payam-e-Mashriq — جہان کز خود ندارد دستگاہی — 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 (tn4mdvkb.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 (tn4mdvkb.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