زمین را رازدان آسمان گیر
English title: Take earth to be the confidante of Heaven
زمین را رازدان آسمان گیرمکان را شرح رمز لامکان گیر
Consider the earth as the sky's confidant—
Imagine the finite as an explanation of the infinite.
زمین کو آسمان کا رازدان سمجھ —
مکاں کو لا مکاں کی شرح خیال کر۔
پرد ہر ذرہ سوی منزل دوستنشان راہ از ریگ روان گیر
Each particle moves toward the beloved's abode—
So ask the drifting sands for the path's sign.
ہر ذرّہ، دوست کی منزل کی جانب اڑتا جا رہا ہے —
تو اڑتی ہوئی ریت سے راستے کا نشان پوچھ۔
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Payam-e-Mashriq — زمین را رازدان آسمان گیر — 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 (ibtqs1o7.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 (ibtqs1o7.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