بحرف اندر نگیری لامکانرا
English title: What is abodeless cannot be encaged
بحرف اندر نگیری لامکانرادرون خود نگر این نکتہ پیداست
The boundless can't be captured in mere phrase —
Look within, the truth's light reveals its blaze.
لا مکاں کو الفاظ میں محدود نہیں کیا جا سکتا —
اگر تو اپنے اندر دیکھے تو بات واضح ہو جاتی ہے۔
بہ تن جان آنچنان دارد نشیمنکہ نتوان گفت اینجا نیست آنجاست
The soul dwells within our mortal frame —
None can say, "Here it’s not," but "There it came."
ہمارے بدن کے اندر روح نے اس طرح نشیمن بنایا ہوا ہے —
کہ کوئی نہیں کہہ سکتا کہ جان اس جگہ ہے اور اس جگہ نہیں۔
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Payam-e-Mashriq — بحرف اندر نگیری لامکانرا — 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 (4nsnpjxn.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 (4nsnpjxn.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
