گل رعنا چو من در مشکلی ہست
English title: My problem is the rose’s problem too
گل رعنا چو من در مشکلی ہستگرفتار طلسم محفلی ہست
The Rose and I one problem have to tell —
we both are seized by the assembly’s spell;
گل رعنا بھی میری طرح مشکل میں ہے —
وہ بھی محفل کے جادو کا اسیر ہے۔
زبان برگ او گویا نکردندولی در سینۂ چاکش دلی ہست
The petal’s tongue was not made eloquent —
but in his wounded breast a heart doth dwell.
اس کے پتوں کی زبان کو گویائی عطا نہیں ہوئی —
مگر اس کے سینہ ء چاک کے اندر دل موجود ہے۔
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Payam-e-Mashriq — گل رعنا چو من در مشکلی ہست — 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 (w3oii284.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 (w3oii284.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
