چیستان شمشیر
آن سختکوش چیست که گیرد ز سنگ آبمحتاج خضر مثل سکندر نمیشود
Name that very keen contender which draws luster just like water from a stone, but which, unlike Alexander, does not owe it to a Khizr as a boon.
وہ سخت کوش چیز کیا ہے جو پتھر سے پانی نکالتی ہے سکندر کی طرح خضر کی محتاج نہیں ۔
مثل نگاه دیدهٔ نمناک پاک رودر جوی آب و دامن او تر نمیشود
And which, like a tear-washed vision, purified by that ablution, is agleam, neat and clean and clear and limpid, with its raiment quite unwetted in midstream.
آنسو بھری آنکھ کی نگاہ کی طرح اجلی صورت والی پانی میں ہے مگر اس کا دامن تر نہیں ہوتا ۔
مضمون او به مصرع برجستهای تماممنتپذیر مصرع دیگر نمیشود
Its theme needs no longer statement than a single line, if trenchant.
اس کا مضمون ایک ہی چست مصرعے میں مکمل ہو جاتا ہے دوسرے مصرعے کا احسان ہی نہیں لیتا ۔
Sources and translator credits
- Original Persian transcription: چیستان شمشیر — Pinned Ganjoor data commit a64968e78425b2e8c7904fbdf5289fba8251a757; the underlying printed edition is not identified by the export.Verified against this pinned digital transcription file; not checked against a print edition.Source
- payam-e-mashriq: published English translation by ہادی حسین — Published digital poem page (p7onizax.json); retrieved 2026-10-05.Translation by ہادی حسین; 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 حمیداللہ ہاشمی — Published digital poem page (p7onizax.json); retrieved 2026-10-05.Translation by حمیداللہ ہاشمی; Published Urdu translation credited on the Zinderood digital poem page; the exact source unit is recorded with each imported passage.Source
