بیا کہ خاوریان نقش تازہ ئی بستند
English title: Come! The Asiatic man
Published English translations cover only part of this poem.
Published Urdu translations cover some, but not all, Persian verses in this poem.
What is this epiphany. That men’s hearts, rejoiced to see, | From the ashes of the way. Gladly leap, like sparks at play?
To attain what far abode. Strive the Turks upon the road, | That their bosom fluttereth. With the quickness of their breath?
وسط ایشیا کے وہ نورانی مسلمان اب کہاں ہیں جو ہمیشہ شہر آشوب پسند کرتے تھے ۔ اب وہ نورانی جو اپنے سانسوں کی تیزی سے اپنا سینہ زخمی کر لیتے تھے ۔
Strive thou, selfhood’s joy to know: They who on this journey go | Shatter every worldly chain. That they may to Self attain.
Men whose hearts are dead and cold. As a cell this world behold; | With two cups to fill their head, From the whole of life they fled.
I will ever be the slave. Of those horsemen bold and brave | Who, with spear uplifted, far. Ride, to pierce and thread a star.
میں ان سواروں کی ہمت و جرات بیدا کا غلام ہوں ۔ جنھوں نے ستارے کو نیزے کی انی میں پرو دیا ۔ اور گرہ میں باندھ لیا ۔
Angels lack the season now. Prostrate to their Lord to bow; | Creatures of pure light, for they. Rapturous gaze on men of clay!
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Zabur-e-Ajam — بیا کہ خاوریان نقش تازہ ئی بستند — 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 (vubem6en.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