مشو نومید ازین مشت غباری
English title: Do not despair of your handful of dust
مشو نومید ازین مشت غباریپریشان جلوۂ ناپایداری
Despair not in this handful of dust (Man), though it seems frail —
Its fleeting beauty is but a transient veil.
اس مشت غبار (انسان) سے نا امید نہ ہو —
جس کا جلوہء نا پائیدار ہر دم متغیر ہے۔
چو فطرت می تراشد پیکری راتمامش می کند در روزگاری
For when Nature carves a form with care —
It perfects it through the ages, layer by layer.
کیونکہ فطرت جب کوئی پیکر تراشتی ہے —
تو اسے قرن ہا قرن میں مکمل کرتی ہے۔
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Payam-e-Mashriq — مشو نومید ازین مشت غباری — 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 (ceolzecj.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 (ceolzecj.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