چو نرگس این چمن نادیدہ مگذر
English title: Do not pass through this garden with eyes closed
چو نرگس این چمن نادیدہ مگذرچو بو در غنچۂ پیچیدہ مگذر
Like the narcissus, do not pass the garden without gaze —
Be not like fragrance, hidden in the bud’s embrace.
نرگس کی مانند اس چمن کو دیکھے بغیر نہ گزر —
اس خوشبو کی مانند نہ ہو جو غنچہء پیچیدہ ہی میں رہ جاتی ہے۔
ترا حق دیدۂ روشنتری دادخرد بیدار و دل خوابیدہ مگذر
God has bestowed upon you a brighter sight —
Do not dwell with an awakened mind and a heart in night.
اللہ تعالے نے تمہیں ان سے روشن تر آنکھ دی ہے —
تو دنیا میں بیدار عقل اور خوابیدہ دل کے ساتھ زندگی بسر نہ کر۔
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Payam-e-Mashriq — چو نرگس این چمن نادیدہ مگذر — 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 (d2nwyrpk.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 (d2nwyrpk.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