ہنوز از بند آب و گل نرستی
English title: You are still tied to colour and to race
ہنوز از بند آب و گل نرستیتو گوئی رومی و افغانیم من
Still bound by water and clay's constraint —
You call yourself Rumi, and Afghan by claim.
ابھی تک تو آب و گل کے بندھن سے آزاد نہیں ہوا —
تو کہتا ہے کہ میں رومی ہوں، میں افغانی ہوں۔
من اول آدم بی رنگ و بویماز آن پس ہندی و تورانیم من
I am the primordial Adam, without hue or scent —
Then I became Indian and Turanian, as the ages went.
میں پہلے بے رنگ و بو (محض انسان) ہوں —
اس کے بعد ہندی یا تورانی ہوں۔
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Payam-e-Mashriq — ہنوز از بند آب و گل نرستی — 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 (tmzw78cn.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 (tmzw78cn.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
