حکما
لاک:
ساغرش را سحر از بادهٔ خورشید افروختورنه در محفل گل لاله تهی جام آمد
It was dawn that lit up the tulip’s cup with a drink from the sun; for the tulip itself bore an empty cup when it joined the company of flowers.
اس کے ساغر کو صبح نے سورج کی شراب سے چمکایا اور نہ پھولوں کی محفل میں گل لالہ خالی پیالہ آیا تھا ۔
کانت:
فطرتش ذوق می آینه فامی آورداز شبستان ازل کوکب جامی آورد
By nature it had a taste for wine that is like crystal: It is from eternity’s sleeping-chamber that it brings its shining, star-like cup.
اس کی فطرت آئینہ رنگ شراب کا ذوق لائی ازل کے شبستان سے جام کا ستارہ لائی ۔
برگسن:
نه مئی از ازل آورد نه جامی آوردلاله از داغ جگر سوز دوامی آورد
It did not bring either wine or a cup from eternity: The tulip gets its eternal passion from the scar in its own heart.
نہ کوئی شراب ازل سے لایا نہ کوئی پیالہ گل لالہ جگر کے داغ سے دائمی سوز لایا ۔
Sources and translator credits
- Original Persian transcription: حکما — 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 مستنصر میر — Published digital poem page (azsk3a0j.json); retrieved 2026-10-05.Translation by مستنصر میر; 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 (azsk3a0j.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