باز بر رفتہ و آیندہ نظر باید کرد

English title: Sleeper, rise thou up, and fast

Translations
باز بر رفتہ و آیندہ نظر باید کردہلہ برخیز کہ اندیشہ دگر باید کرد
عشق بر ناقۂ ایام کشد محمل خویشعاشقی ؟ راحلہ از شام و سحر باید کرد
پیر ما گفت جہان بر روشی محکم نیستاز خوش و ناخوش او قطع نظر باید کرد
تو اگر ترک جہان کردہ سر او داریپس نخستین ز سر خویش گذر باید کرد
گفتمش در دل من لات و منات است بسیگفت این بتکدہ را زیر و زبر باید کرد
Sources and translator credits
  • Original text transcription: Zabur-e-Ajam — باز بر رفتہ و آیندہ نظر باید کرد — 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 (0hlu4ska.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 (0hlu4ska.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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