چہ غم داری ، حیات دل ز دم نیست
English title: Why sorrow? The heart does not live by breath
چہ غم داری ، حیات دل ز دم نیستکہ دل در حلقہ بود و عدم نیست
Why worry, life's breath is not the heart's sole lease —
The heart transcends the circle of existence and cease.
غم کیا، دل کی زندگی محض سانس سے نہیں —
دل حلقہء ہست و نیست سے باہر ہے۔
مخور ای کم نظر اندیشۂ مرگاگر دم رفت دل باقی است غم نیست
O short-sighted one, fear not death's sting —
If breath departs, the heart remains; there's no need to cling.
اے کم نظر موت کا خوف نہ کر —
اگر دم نکل بھی گیا تو دل باقی ہے، غم کیا!
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Payam-e-Mashriq — چہ غم داری ، حیات دل ز دم نیست — 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 (a8fvt6c0.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 (a8fvt6c0.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