درون سینۂ ما سوز آرزو ز کجاست؟

English title: Whence sprang the flaming fire

Translations
درون سینۂ ما سوز آرزو ز کجاست؟سبو ز ماست ولی بادہ در سبو ز کجاست؟
گرفتم اینکہ جہان خاک و ما کف خاکیمبہ ذرہ ذرہ ما درد جستجو ز کجاست؟
نگاہ ما بہ گریبان کہکشان افتدجنون ما ز کجا شور ہای و ہو ز کجاست؟
Sources and translator credits
  • Original text transcription: Zabur-e-Ajam — درون سینۂ ما سوز آرزو ز کجاست؟ — 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: Zabur-e-Ajam — 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
  • zabur-e-ajam: published English translation by مستنصر میر — Published digital poem page (veb63afo.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
  • zabur-e-ajam: published Urdu translation by حمیداللہ ہاشمی — Published digital poem page (veb63afo.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
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