شاعر
Sha`ir
English title: THE POET
قوم گويا جسم ہے ، افراد ہيں اعضائے قوممنزل صنعت کے رہ پيما ہيں دست و پائے قوم
A nation is the body, people are its organs; artisans are the nation's hands and feet.
محفل نظم حکومت ، چہرہء زيبائے قومشاعر رنگيں نوا ہے ديدہ بينائے قوم
The State administration is the nation's beautiful face. The elegant-styled poet is the nation's clear-sighted eye.
مبتلائے درد کوئي عضو ہو روتي ہے آنکھکس قدر ہمدرد سارے جسم کي ہوتي ہے آنکھ
When any organ is afflicted with pain, the eye weeps; how sympathetic to the world body is the eye.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Bang-e-Dara — شاعر — 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 — Poet — 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