ماں کا خواب
Maa k Khuwab
English title: A MOTHER'S DREAM
As I slept one night I saw this dream, which further increased my vexation.
I dreamt I was going somewhere on the way; dark it was and impossible to find the way.
Trembling all over with fear I was, difficult to take even a step with fear was.
With some courage as I forward moved, I saw some boys as lined in nice array.
Dressed in emerald-like raiment they were, carrying lighted lamps in their hands they were.
They were going quietly behind each other; no one knew where they were to go.
Involved in this thought was I, when in this troupe my son saw I.
He was walking at the back, and was not walking fast. The lamp he had in his hand was not lighted.
Recognizing him I said ‘O My dear! Where have you come leaving me there?
Restless due to separation I am; weeping every day for ever I am.
You did not care even a little for me! What loyalty you showed, you left me’!
As the child saw the distress in me, he replied thus; turning around to me.
‘The separation from me makes you cry, not least little good does this to me.’
He remained quiet for a while after talking; showing me the lamp then he started talking.
‘Do you understand what happened to this? Your tears have extinguished this’!
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Bang-e-Dara — ماں کا خواب — 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: Bang-e-Dara — 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
- Iqbal Academy Pakistan Bang-i-Dara Audio Table of Contents — Official audio contents list; cited only for the displayed Urdu and Romanized title pairsPrimary source used to document this poem’s language or title.Source
- Pinned digital source list 001 (Bang-e-Dara section headings) — Pinned repository commit 39d44fc0c2b8ca25769c4b36e6eac4d90cb42b35; digital transcription, not a selected print edition.Verified against this pinned digital transcription file; not checked against a print edition.Source
- Bang-e-Dara English translation at allama-iqbal.com — A Mother's Dream — Public digital poem page, retrieved 2026-10-05; pinned to allama-iqbal.com commit 82547635bb6b758c45082084b2f152fc453a8056.Translation by Dr M.A.K. Khalil; English Translation by: Dr M.A.K. KhalilSource