درین میخانہ ای ساقی ندارم محرمی دیگر
English title: None other in this tavern is
Published Urdu translations cover some, but not all, Persian verses in this poem.
درین میخانہ ای ساقی ندارم محرمی دیگرکہ من شاید نخستین آدمم از عالمی دیگر
None other in this tavern is, Saki, to share my mysteries; am I the first (O who can tell) conceived in heaven, on earth to dwell?
اے ساقی! اس میخانے میں مجھے کوئی محرم راز نہیں ملتا؛ شاید میں آنے والے نئے دور کا پہلا آدمی ہوں۔
دمی این پیکر فرسودہ را سازی کف خاکیفشانی آب و از خاک آتش انگیزی دمی دیگر
A while this spent and weary frame Thou makest dust; and on the same scatterest water; lo I see fire in the ashes presently.
کبھی آپ میرے اس پیکر فرسودہ کو کف چاک بنا دیتے ہیں؛ اور کبھی اس خاک پر آپ عشق چھڑک کر اس کے اندر آگ پیدا کر دیتے ہیں۔
بیار آن دولت بیدار و آن جام جہان بین راعجم را دادہ ئی ہنگامۂ بزم جمی دیگر
Bring me that fortune ever new, The cup where lies the world to view, | For, in the palace of the East, Another Jamshid sits to feast.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Zabur-e-Ajam — درین میخانہ ای ساقی ندارم محرمی دیگر — 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 English translation by آربری — Published digital poem page (bai6lw9b.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 میاں عبدالرشید — Published digital poem page (bai6lw9b.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