عجم از نغمہ ام آتش بجان است
English title: Iran’s soul has been kindled by my song–
عجم از نغمہ ام آتش بجان استصدای من درای کاروان است
My song ignites a fire in Ajam’s heart —
My voice now rings as the caravan’s start.
میرے نغمے سے عجم کے دل میں آگ بھڑک اٹھی ہے —
میری آواز قافلے کی گھنٹی بن چکی ہے۔
حدی را تیز تر خوانم چو عرفیکہ رہ خوابیدہ و محمل گران است
Like Urfi, I raise the pitch of traveler’s refrain —
For the path is long and desolate, and the burden a strain.
میں بھی عرفی کی مانند حدی کی لے کو اور تیز کر رہا ہوں —
کیونکہ راستہ لمبا (اور سنسان) ہے جبکہ کجاوہ بھاری ہے۔
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Payam-e-Mashriq — عجم از نغمہ ام آتش بجان است — 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 (0pnx6vbt.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 (0pnx6vbt.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