مرا ذوق سخن خون در جگر کرد
English title: The love of self-expression seized my heart
مرا ذوق سخن خون در جگر کردغبار راہ را مشت شرر کرد
The passion for words has bled my core —
Transformed this humble dust of path into sparks that soar.
ذوق سخن نے میرے جگر کو خون کر دیا ہے —
میں جو غبار راہ تھا اس نے میری خاک کو شرر بنا دیا ہے۔
بہ گفتار محبت لب گشودمبیان این راز را پوشیدہ تر کرد
With words of love, I opened my lips to speak —
Yet the telling made the secret more oblique.
محبت کو بیان کرنے کے لیے میں نے اپنے لب کھولے —
مگر بیان نے اس راز کو اور پوشیدہ بنا دیا۔
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Payam-e-Mashriq — مرا ذوق سخن خون در جگر کرد — 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 (bnsyxveq.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 (bnsyxveq.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