بجان من کہ جان نقش تن انگیخت
English title: The soul designed the body, love of self-display
بجان من کہ جان نقش تن انگیختہوای جلوہ این گل را دو رو کرد
By my soul, which shaped the body's guise —
Desire for display made this rose don dual dyes.
مجھے اپنی جان کی قسم! کہ روح ہی نے تن کو پیدا کیا —
جلوہ گری کی ہوس نے اس پھول کو دو رنگا بنا دیا۔
ہزاران شیوہ دارد جان بیتاببدن گردد چو با یک شیوہ خو کرد
The restless soul dons a thousand forms anew —
Yet content with one, it turns to flesh in view.
جان بیتاب کے ہزاروں رنگ ہیں —
مگر جب اس نے ایک رنگ اختیار کیا تو تن بن گیا۔
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Payam-e-Mashriq — بجان من کہ جان نقش تن انگیخت — 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 (ngy7f0u4.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 (ngy7f0u4.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