ربودی دل ز چاک سینۂ من
English title: You stole away my heart through my breast’s rent
ربودی دل ز چاک سینۂ منبہ غارت بردہ ئی گنجینۂ من
You stole my heart from its open chest —
Plundered the treasure I held the best.
آپ نے میرا سینہ چاک کر کے اندر سے دل لوٹ لیا —
میرا (قیمتی) خزانہ لے گئے۔
متاع آرزویم با کہ دادےچہ کردی با غم دیرینۂ من
To whom did you give my dreams, my desire? —
What did you do with my ancient sorrow, my fire?
میری آرزو کا سامان کسے دے دیا؟ —
میرے دیرینہ غم کے ساتھ کیا کیا؟
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Payam-e-Mashriq — ربودی دل ز چاک سینۂ من — 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 (vwieqeg5.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 (vwieqeg5.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