خرد کرپاس را زرینہ سازد
English title: The mind turns cotton into cloth of gold
خرد کرپاس را زرینہ سازدکمالش سنگ را آئینہ سازد
Mind turns coarse cloth to golden thread —
Its mastery makes a stone a mirror instead.
عقل ایک معمولی کپڑے کو اطلس بنا دیتی ہے —
اس کا کمال پتھر کو آئینے میں تبدیل کر دیتا ہے۔
نوای شاعر جادو نگاریز نیش زندگی نوشینہ سازد
A spellbound poet’s enchanting lay —
From life's harsh sting, makes nectar sway.
کسی جادو نگار شاعر کا گیت —
زندگی کی تلخی (زہر) سے شہد بنا دیتا ہے۔
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Payam-e-Mashriq — خرد کرپاس را زرینہ سازد — 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 (swdlww8o.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 (swdlww8o.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