جہان رنگ و بو فہمیدنی ہست
English title: Worth knowing is this world of hue and smell
جہان رنگ و بو فہمیدنی ہستدرین وادی بسی گل چیدنی ہست
The world of hue and fragrance is yours to discern —
In this valley, many blossoms for you to earn.
بے شک یہ جہانِ رنگ بو اس قابل ہے کہ اسے سمجھا جائے —
اس وادی میں بہت سے ایسے پھول ہیں جو اس قابل ہیں کہ انہیں چن لیا جائے۔
ولی چشم از درون خود نبندیکہ در جان تو چیزی دیدنی ہست
Yet close not the eye from within your core —
For within you lies a wonder to explore.
لیکن تجھے اپنے اندرون سے آنکھ بند نہیں کرنی چاہیے —
تیرے اندر اور بھی قابلِ دید چیز موجود ہے۔
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Payam-e-Mashriq — جہان رنگ و بو فہمیدنی ہست — 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 (ate3spty.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 (ate3spty.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