بخود نازم گدای بی نیازم
English title: I am proud of my gift, my inner fire
بخود نازم گدای بی نیازمتپم ، سوزم ، گدازم، نے نوازم
I take pride in myself, a beggar without need —
I tremble, I burn, I melt, and on the reed I play indeed.
میں گدائے بے نیاز ہوں مجھے اپنے آپ پر ناز ہے —
تڑپنا، جلنا، گداز ہونا، نے نوازی کرنا (یہ میرا کام ہے)۔
ترا از نغمہ در آتش نشاندمسکندر فطرتم ، آئینہ سازم
With my fiery tunes, I set you ablaze —
Alexander in nature, transforming hearts to mirrors in my ways.
میں اپنے (آتشیں ) نغموں سے تجھے آگ میں ڈال دیتا ہوں —
پھر تجھے آئینے میں تبدیل کرتا ہوں کیونکہ میں سکندر فطرت ہوں۔
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Payam-e-Mashriq — بخود نازم گدای بی نیازم — 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 (36isjcpx.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 (36isjcpx.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