قبای زندگانی چاک تا کی
English title: How long will you remain depressed like this?
قبای زندگانی چاک تا کیچو موران آشیان در خاک تا کی
How long will you wear the tattered robe of life —
Like ants, make your home in dust and strife?
کب تک زندگی کا لباس تار تار رکھے گا؟ —
کب تک چیونٹیوں کی طرح خاک میں گھر بنائے گا؟
بپرواز آًًً و شاہینی بیاموزتلاش دانہ در خاشاک تا کی
Rise up and learn the falcon's flight —
How long will you seek grain in the refuse's blight?
پرواز میں آ اور شاہینی سیکھ —
(چیونٹی کی طرح) کب تک مٹی میں اپنا رزق تلاش کرتا رہے گا؟
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Payam-e-Mashriq — قبای زندگانی چاک تا کی — 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 (g0t28qm0.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 (g0t28qm0.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