عشق اندر جستجو افتاد آدم حاصل است
English title: Love want searching thro’ the earth
عشق اندر جستجو افتاد آدم حاصل استجلوۂ او آشکار از پردۂ آب و گل است
Love went searching thro’ the earth until Adam came to birth; out of water, out of clay manifested his display.
عشق جستجو کرتا رہا اور اس کی اس جستجو کا حاصل آدم ہے ۔ اس لیے عشق نے اپنا جلوہ آب و گل یعنی جسم خاکی کے پردے سے ظاہر کیا ۔
آفتاب و ماہ و انجم میتوان دادن ز دستدر بہای آن کف خاکی کہ دارای دل است
Sun, and moon, and stars on high, these were little to set by so to purchase in life’s mart Adam’s dust, that owned a heart.
سورج ، چاند اور ستاروں کو چھوڑا جا سکتا ہے ۔ کیونکہ اس مٹھی بھر خاک کی قیمت کے سامنے دنیا کی تمام اشیا ہیچ اور بے معنی ہیں ۔
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Zabur-e-Ajam — عشق اندر جستجو افتاد آدم حاصل است — 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
- zabur-e-ajam: published English translation by آربری — Published digital poem page (bgmaqhlj.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 (bgmaqhlj.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