نوا مستانہ در محفل زدم من
English title: I sang with such fine rapture to the crowd
نوا مستانہ در محفل زدم منشرار زندگی بر گل زدم من
In the great throng so rapturous I did play, I struck the spark of Life out of their clay;
میں نے محفل میں نوائے مستانہ بلند کی —
اور اس سے مٹی (خاکی انسان) پر زندگی کا شرر ڈالا۔
دل از نور خرد کردم ضیا گیرخرد را بر عیار دل زدم من
I lit the heart with the mind’s radiance, and probed the mind against the heart’s assay.
میں نے دل کو عقل کے نور سے روشنی دی —
اور عقل کے لیے دل کو معیار بنایا۔
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Payam-e-Mashriq — نوا مستانہ در محفل زدم 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 آربری — Published digital poem page (144tleah.json); retrieved 2026-10-05.Translation by آربری; 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 (144tleah.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