حکیمان گرچہ صد پیکر شکستند
English title: Philosophers break idols in their wrath
حکیمان گرچہ صد پیکر شکستندمقیم سومنات بود و ہستند
Though philosophers have shattered countless forms they've sought —
In the Somnath of existence, still they're caught.
فلسفی اگرچہ (تصوّرات کے) صدہا پیکر توڑ چکے ہیں —
لیکن وہ ابھی تک ہست و بود کے سومنات میں پڑے ہیں۔
چسان افرشتہ و یزدان بگیرندہنوز آدم بہ فتراکی نبستند
How can they capture angels and God in their thought —
When even Adam escapes the snares they've wrought?
وہ فرشتے اور خدا کو کیسے اپنے فکر کی گرفت میں لا سکتے ہیں —
جب کہ انہوں نے ابھی تک آدم کو بھی اپنے شکاربند میں نہیں باندھا۔
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Payam-e-Mashriq — حکیمان گرچہ صد پیکر شکستند — 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 (svehmc6q.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 (svehmc6q.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