مگو کار جھان نااستوار است
English title: Do not say life is merely transitory
مگو کار جھان نااستوار استہر آن ما ابد را پردہ دار است
Say not the world's affairs are weak and frail —
For every moment, eternity does unveil.
یہ نہ کہہ کہ دنیا کے کام میں پائداری نہیں —
ہمارے ہر لمحے کے اندر ایک ابد پوشیدہ ہے۔
بگیر امروز را محکم کہ فرداہنوز اندر ضمیر روزگار است
Hold tight to today, for tomorrow's dawn —
Still lies within the bosom of time’s spawn.
آج پر اپنی گرفت محکم رکھ، کیونکہ کل —
ابھی زمانے کے ضمیر میں مستور ہے۔
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Payam-e-Mashriq — مگو کار جھان نااستوار 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 (hbv4cixv.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 (hbv4cixv.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