زمین خاک در میخانۂ ما
English title: The earth is mere dust at our tavern’s door
زمین خاک در میخانۂ مافلک یک گردش پیمانۂ ما
The earth is but the dust of our tavern's door —
The sky, a single round from our goblet's store.
زمین ہمارے مئے خانہ (الست) کے دروازے کی خاک ہے —
آسمان، ہمارے پیالے کا ایک دور ہے۔
حدیث سوز و ساز ما دراز استجہان دیباچہ افسانہ ما
The tale of our fervor and ecstasy runs long —
This world is but the prelude to our song.
ہماری تپش اور مستی کا بیان بہت طویل ہے —
یہ جہان تو ہمارے افسانے کی محض تمہید ہے۔
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Payam-e-Mashriq — زمین خاک در میخانۂ ما — 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 (3lr7nrzx.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 (3lr7nrzx.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