اگر آگاہی از کیف و کم خویش
English title: If you know your potentialities
اگر آگاہی از کیف و کم خویشیمی تعمیر کن از شبنم خویش
If you know the power within your core —
Turn your dew into an ocean's roar.
اگر تو اپنی صلاحیتوں (احوال) سے آگاہی رکھتا ہے —
تو اپنی شبنم (ہی) کو سمندر میں تبدیل کر۔
دلا دریوزۂ مہتاب تا کیشب خود را برافروز از دم خویش
O heart, why seek the moon's tender light? —
Let your own sighs bring the night to bright.
اے دل! مہتاب کی گداگری کب تک! —
اپنی رات کو اپنی آہ سے روشن کر۔
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Payam-e-Mashriq — اگر آگاہی از کیف و کم خویش — 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 (56viv17q.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 (56viv17q.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