ز پیش من جہان رنگ و بو رفت
English title: The world of smell and colour, earth and sky
ز پیش من جہان رنگ و بو رفتزمین و آسمان و چار سو رفت
From before me, the world of color and scent did flee —
The earth, the sky, and all directions ceased to be.
میرے سامنے یہ جہان رنگ و بو باقی نہیں —
نہ زمین ہے ، نہ آسمان، نہ چار سو۔
تو رفتی ای دل از ہنگامۂ اوو یا از خلوت آباد تو او رفت
Did you, O heart, depart from the world’s bustling array —
Or did it leave your tranquil abode, away?
اے دل ! تو اس جہان کے ہنگامے سے کنارہ کش ہو گیا ہے —
یا جہان (خود) تیرے خلوت آباد سے نکل گیا ہے۔
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Payam-e-Mashriq — ز پیش من جہان رنگ و بو رفت — 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 (jd2xceaa.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 (jd2xceaa.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