جہان ما ہمہ خاک است و پی سپر گردد

English title: Our world is dusty clay

Translations
جہان ما ہمہ خاک است و پی سپر گرددندانم اینکہ نفسہای رفتہ بر گردد
شبی کہ گور غریبان نشیمن است او رامہ و ستارہ ندارد چسان سحر گردد
دلی کہ تاب و تب لایزال می طلبدکرا خبر کہ شود برق یا شرر گردد
نگاہ شوق و خیال بلند و ذوق وجودمترس ازین کہ ہمہ خاک رہگذر گردد
چنان بزی کہ اگر مرگ ماست مرگ دوامخدا ز کردۂ خود شرمسار تر گردد
Sources and translator credits
  • Original text transcription: Zabur-e-Ajam — جہان ما ہمہ خاک است و پی سپر گردد — 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 (vxigz93n.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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