رمیدی از خداوندان افرنگ
English title: Though you deny the Western demi-gods
رمیدی از خداوندان افرنگولی بر گور و گنبد سجدہ پاشی
You flee from the Western masters in dismay —
Yet at tombs and shrines, in prostration you stay.
تو فرنگی خداؤں سے تو بھاگتا ہے —
لیکن قبروں اور مزاروں پر سجدے کرتا ہے۔
بہ لالائی چنان عادت گرفتیز سنگ راہ مولائی تراشی
You've adopted such Hinduistic ways —
Carving your gods from stones that lay.
تو نے ایسی ہندوانہ عادت اختیار کر لی ہے —
کہ سنگ راہ سے اپنا خدا تراشتا ہے۔
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Payam-e-Mashriq — رمیدی از خداوندان افرنگ — 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 (aha1duiy.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 (aha1duiy.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
