پيا م صبح
Piyam-i-Subah
English title: THE MESSAGE OF DAWN
When the sparkling of the night's forehead's decoration disappeared; the zephyr of life with the news of the happy morning appeared.
It awakened the nightingale of flowery song in its nest. It shook the shoulder of the farmer on the field's edge.
It broke the spell of darkness of night’s talisman with Surah al-Noor.* It robbed the golden crown of bed-chamber's candle in the dark.
It chanted the magic of awakening on those sleeping in the temple. It gave the Brahman the tidings of the bright sun.
Arriving at the mosque's roof it said to the Mu’adhdhin (Mouazzin): ‘Do you not fear appearance of the resplendent sun?’
Climbing the garden's wall it cried this to the rose-bud: ‘Burst! You are the Mu'adhdhin of the morning O rose-bud’.
It gave the command in the wilderness ‘Move O Caravan’! ‘Every dust speck will shine like fire-fly in the wilderness’.
When it reached the cemetery from the living's habitation; witnessing the spectacle of the cemetery it spoke thus:
‘Remain lying in comfort still, come again shall I; make the whole world sleep, wake you up shall I
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Bang-e-Dara — پيا م صبح — 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 Message Of Dawn — 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