تو ای دل تا نشینی در کنارم
English title: So long as you are in my breast, O heart
تو ای دل تا نشینی در کنارمز تشریف شہان خوشتر گلیمم
Heart, while thou sittest in the breast of me; better my rug, than sovereign dignity:
اے دل ! جب تک تو میرے پہلو میں ہے —
میری گدڑی شاہوں کے لباس سے بہتر ہے۔
درون سینہ ام باشی پس از مرگمن از دست تو در امید و بیمم
Wilt thou be in my bosom after death? Lo, all my hopes and fears are fixed on thee.
کیا تو مرنے کے بعد میرے سینے میں رہے گا؟ —
میں اس خیال سے امید و بیم میں ہوں۔
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Payam-e-Mashriq — تو ای دل تا نشینی در کنارم — 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 آربری — Published digital poem page (4aqkqnqg.json); retrieved 2026-10-05.Translation by آربری; 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 (4aqkqnqg.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