رمز عشق تو بہ ارباب ہوس نتوان گفت

English title: To passion’s slaves let no man e’er

Translations
رمز عشق تو بہ ارباب ہوس نتوان گفتسخن از تاب و تب شعلہ بہ خس نتوان گفت
تو مرا ذوق بیان دادی و گفتی کہ بگویہست در سینۂ من آنچہ بکس نتوان گفت
از نہانخانۂ دل خوش غزلی می خیزدسر شاخی ھمہ گویم بہ قفس نتوان گفت
شوق اگر زندۂ جاوید نباشد عجب استکہ حدیث تو درین یک دو نفس نتوان گفت
Sources and translator credits
  • Original text transcription: Zabur-e-Ajam — رمز عشق تو بہ ارباب ہوس نتوان گفت — 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 حمیداللہ ہاشمی — Published digital poem page (p6tscpf6.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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