Translations
Payam-e Mashriq by Allama Iqbal, in translations by Mustansir Mir
This page shows only poems with translations by Mustansir Mir.
Poems with translations
رباعی شمارهٔ 9سحر می گفت بلبل باغبان را
The nightingale said to the gardener at dawn: ‘Only the tree of sorrow can take root in this soil.
رباعی شمارهٔ 14تنی پیدا کن از مشت غباری
Build, with your handful of dust, a body stronger than a rock fortress;
رباعی شمارهٔ 16به یزدان روز محشر برهمن گفت
On the Day of Resurrection the Brahmin said to God: ‘The light of life was like a brilliant spark;
رباعی شمارهٔ 21شنیدم در عدم پروانه میگفت
I have heard that in pre-existence the moth said: ‘Grant me just a moment’s radiance in my life.
رباعی شمارهٔ 63اگر کردی نگه بر پارهٔ سنگ
If you were merely to glance at a piece of rock, it would turn into a jewel if you so desired.
رباعی شمارهٔ 78نوا در ساز جان از زخمهٔ تو
Your plectrum fills the instrument of the soul with tunes. How can You be in the soul and outside it as well?
رباعی شمارهٔ 81کرا جوئی چرا در پیچ و تابی
My heart! My heart! My heart! My ocean, my boat, my shore!
رباعی شمارهٔ 96دل بیباک را ضرغام رنگ است
To a fearless heart a lion is a sheep; to a timid heart a deer is a tiger.
رباعی شمارهٔ 101جهان ما که جز انگاره ئی نیست
Our world, a piece of work not yet finished, is hostage to the alteration of day and night;
رباعی شمارهٔ 103تراش از تیشهٔ خود جادهٔ خویش
Carve out your path with your own pick-axe; it is a torment to take the path of others.
رباعی شمارهٔ 109فروغ او به بزم باغ و راغ است
His glory is seen in garden and jungle; the cup of the rose glows with His wine.
رباعی شمارهٔ 123درونم جلوهٔ افکار این چیست؟
Inside me is such a play of ideas – what does this mean? Outside me are all these mysteries – what does this mean?
رباعی شمارهٔ 140عجم از نغمه های من جوان شد
Ajam became young again through my songs; my frenzy raised the price of its wares.
رباعی شمارهٔ 158رگ مسلم ز سوز من تپید است
My passion puts fire into the Muslim veins, and my restive tears drop from his eyes;