میان لالہ و گل آشیان گیر
English title: A bud sprang up in the narcissus bed
میان لالہ و گل آشیان گیرز مرغ نغمہ خوان درس فغان گیر
Nestle among the blooms, where flowers reside —
From the songbirds, learn laments they confide.
پھولوں کے درمیان اپنا آشیانہ بنا —
نغمہ سرا پرندوں سے آہ و فغان سیکھ۔
اگر از ناتوانی گشتہ ئی پیرنصیبی از شباب این جہان گیر
If weakness has turned you old and frail —
Gain vigor from this world's youthful tale.
اگر تو کمزوری کے سبب بوڑھا ہو چکا ہے —
تو اس جہان کے شباب سے قوّت حاصل کر۔
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Payam-e-Mashriq — میان لالہ و گل آشیان گیر — 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 (s3mai5pb.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 (s3mai5pb.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