بر عقل فلک پیما ترکانہ شبیخون بہ

English title: Better is the robbers’ train

Translations
بر عقل فلک پیما ترکانہ شبیخون بہیک ذرہ درد دل از علم فلاطون بہ
دی مغبچہ ئی با من اسرار محبت گفتاشکی کہ فرو خوردی از بادۂ گلگون بہ
آن فقر کہ بی تیغی صد کشور دل گیرداز شوکت دارا بہ از فر فریدون بہ
در دیر مغان آئی مضمون بلند آوردر خانقہ صوفی افسانہ و افسون بہ
در جوی روان ما بی منت طوفانییک موج اگر خیزد آن موج ز جیحون بہ
سیلی کہ تو آوردی در شھر نمی گنجداین خانہ بر اندازی در خلوت ہامون بہ
اقبال غزل خوان را کافر نتوان گفتنسودا بدماغش زد از مدرسہ بیرون بہ
Sources and translator credits
  • Original text transcription: Zabur-e-Ajam — بر عقل فلک پیما ترکانہ شبیخون بہ — 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
  • Zinderood digital original — na2cernb.json — Cached digital poem page (na2cernb.json); retrieved 2026-10-05.Verified against this pinned digital transcription file; not checked against a print edition.Source
  • Persian Psalms: English translations in the digital anthology excerpt — Recovered Persian poetry anthology PDF excerpt; publication title and year are not established by the preserved source packet (zabur-english.pdf, 54 PDF pages).Translation by A.J. Arberry; Passages are individually credited in the recovered PDF as “Translated by A.J. Arberry”; exact source and credit PDF page locators are stored with each imported passage.Source
  • zabur-e-ajam: published English translation by آربری — Published digital poem page (na2cernb.json); retrieved 2026-10-05.Translation by آربری; 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 (na2cernb.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
  • Zinderood na2cernb.json, source couplet 7; corroborated by Allama zaboor-e-ajam/01/21.json; Minimal reviewed digital transcription correction; preserve other characters. — Digital-source correction to the pinned transcription; the source page and its cached HTML are preserved and hashed in the source record.Edition evidence
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