مرا از پردۂ ساز آگہی نیست
English title: Although I have no knowledge of the keys
مرا از پردۂ ساز آگہی نیستولی دانم نواے زندگی چیست
I do not know the instrument or key —
Yet well I recognize Life’s melody.
میں ساز کے سُروں (اسرارِ کائنات) سے تو اگاہ نہیں ہوں —
مگر میں یہ جانتا ہوں کہ نغمہ حیات کیا ہے
سرودم آنچنان در شاخسارانگل از مرغ چمن پرسد کہ این کیست؟
So sang I in the brambles —
That the rose asked of the thrush, ‘What caroller is he?’
میں نے درختوں پر بیٹھ کر اس طرح گیت گایا —
کہ پھول، باغ کے پرندے سے پوچھنے لگا کہ یہ کون ہے؟
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Payam-e-Mashriq — مرا از پردۂ ساز آگہی نیست — 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 (wegztdfk.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 (wegztdfk.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
