دوام ما ز سوز ناتمام است
English title: Unceasing restlessness is life for us
دوام ما ز سوز ناتمام استچو ماہی جز تپش بر ما حرام است
Our endurance springs from an unending blaze —
Like fish, only in struggle do we find our ways.
ہمارے سوز ناتمام ہی سے ہمارا دوام ہے —
مچھلی کی مانند ہم سوائے تپش کے اور کچھ نہیں رکھتے ۔
مجو ساحل کہ در آغوش ساحلتپید یک دم و مرگ دوام است
Seek not the shore, for in its embrace —
A moment's rest is death's eternal place.
ساحل تلاش نہ کر کیونکہ ساحل کی آغوش میں —
ایک لمحے کی تڑپ ہے اور پھر ہمیشہ کی موت۔
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Payam-e-Mashriq — دوام ما ز سوز ناتمام است — 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 (f7ahlxz5.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 (f7ahlxz5.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