نواب سرحمید اللہ خاں فرمانروائے بھوپال کی خدمت میں

English title: To Nawab Sir Hamidullah Khan, Ruler of Bhopal

Translations
زمانہ با امم ایشیا چہ کرد و کندکسے نہ بود کہ ایں داستاں فرو خواند
تو صاحب نظری آنچہ در ضمیر من استدل تو بیند و اندیشہ تو می داند
بگیر ایں ہمہ سرمایہء بہار از من'کہ گل بدست تو از شاخ تازہ تر ماند'
Sources and translator credits
  • Original digital transcription: نواب سرحمید اللہ خاں فرمانروائے بھوپال کی خدمت میں — Pinned repository content, commit 82547635bb6b758c45082084b2f152fc453a8056; digital transcription, not a printed-edition collation.Verified against this pinned digital transcription file; not checked against a print edition.Source
  • Dedicated to Nawab Sir Hamidullah Khan Ruler of Bhopal — Published English translation article, retrieved 2026-10-05; Dedicated to Nawab Sir Hamidullah Khan Ruler of Bhopal.Translation by Syed Akbar Ali Shah; Published English translation for the dedication; the exact six source-line span is recorded with its approval.Source
  • Zarb-e-Kaleem dedication: published Urdu rendering — Pinned digital poem content, repository commit 82547635bb6b758c45082084b2f152fc453a8056.Translation by Urdu translator not separately identified; Published Urdu prose rendering in the original source record; embedded parenthetical address is preserved.Source
  • Pinned allama-iqbal.com source zarb-e-kaleem/00/01.json; source section 1.Edition evidence
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