پر ندے کي فر ياد
Parinday ki Faryad
English title: THE BIRD'S COMPLAINT
I am constantly reminded of the bygone times, those garden's springs, those chorus of chimes.
Gone are the freedoms of our own nests where we could come and go at our own pleasure.
My heart aches the moment I think of the buds' smile at the dew's tears.
That beautiful figure, that Kamini’s* form, which source of happiness in my nest did form.
I do not hear those lovely sounds in my cage now! May it happen that my freedom be in my own hands now!
How unfortunate I am, tantalized for my abode I am? My companions are in the home-land, in the prison I am!
Spring has arrived, the flower buds are laughing on my misfortune in this dark house I am wailing.
O God! To whom should I relate my tale of woe? I fear lest I die in this cage with this woe!
Since separation from the garden the condition of my heart is such; my heart is waxing the grief, my grief is waxing the heart.*
O Listeners, considering this music do not be happy; this call is the wailing of my wounded heart.
O the one who confined me make me free; a silent prisoner I am, earn my blessings free
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Bang-e-Dara — پر ندے کي فر ياد — 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 — The Bird's Complaint — 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
