بہ شبنم غنچۂ نورستہ می گفت
English title: The new-sprung bud addressed these words to dew
بہ شبنم غنچۂ نورستہ می گفتنگاہ ما چمن زادان رسا نیست
Thus spoke the new-sprung blossom to the dew: —
‘We meadow children have no piercing eye:
نئی پیدا ہونے والی کلی نے شبنم سے کہا —
ہم چمن میں پیدا ہونے والوں کی نگاہ حقیقت تک نہیں پہنچتی ( تو جو آسمان سے ٹپکتی ہے تو ہمیں بتا)۔
در آن پہنا کہ صد خورشید داردتمیز پست و بالا ہست یا نیست
In this broad plain that holds a hundred suns —
Class distinction exists between low and high?’
کہ اس وسعت میں جہاں سینکڑوں سورج ہیں —
پست و بالا کا فرق ہے یا نہیں ہے۔
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Payam-e-Mashriq — بہ شبنم غنچۂ نورستہ می گفت — 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 (70jpruz8.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 (70jpruz8.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
