شب من سحر نمودی کہ بہ طلعت آفتابی
English title: Thou didst turn my night to dawning
Published Urdu translations cover some, but not all, Persian verses in this poem.
Thou didst turn my night to dawning; O thou sun of presence bright, | Like the sun thou art in brightness, Light unveiled, most worthy light!
آپ نے میری رات کو سحر سے آشنا کر دیا ہے؛ چونکہ آپ طلعت میں آفتاب کی مانند ہیں، اس لیے مناسب ہے کہ آپ بے حجاب نظر آئیں۔
Camest thou to ease my sorrow, And within my thought didst rest, | Then didst vanish from my vision. With so swift, impetuous haste.
Thou assay of the assayless, Ease of the reposeless mind, | Cure of the afflicted spirit, Save too rare thou art to find!
آپ کی وجہ سے بے قیمت لوگ گراں قدر ہو جاتے ہیں؛ آپ بے قراروں کا قرار اور دل فگاروں کی دوا ہیں، مگر ملتے ذرا دیر سے ہیں۔
Passion’s sorrow, passion’s pleasure, Two fold is love’s influence: | Now an agony and burning, Now the drunkard’s turbulence.
عشق کے غم اور اس کی لذت کا اثر دو گنہ ہے؛ کبھی سوز و دردمندی کی صورت میں ظاہر ہوتا ہے اور کبھی مستی و خرابی کی صورت میں۔
Speak me then, for true thou knowest: Of my heart the history tell— | Where is now my heart in hiding? In my breast it doth not dwell.
By the majesty I swear it, No desire my spirit moves | Save the prayer: An eagle spirit, Lord, bestow upon thy doves!
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Zabur-e-Ajam — شب من سحر نمودی کہ بہ طلعت آفتابی — 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
- 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 Urdu translation by میاں عبدالرشید — Published digital poem page (iqbquby6.json); retrieved 2026-10-05.Translation by میاں عبدالرشید; Published Urdu translation credited on the Zinderood digital poem page; the exact source unit is recorded with each imported passage.Source
