مو ج دريا
English title: THE OCEAN WAVE
مضطرب رکھتا ہے ميرا دل بے تاب مجھےعين ہستي ہے تڑپ صورت سيماب مجھے
My impatient heart keeps me relentlessly restless; like mercury agitation is the essence of life to me.
موج ہے نام مرا ، بحر ہے پاياب مجھےہو نہ زنجير کبھي حلقہء گرداب مجھے
Wave is my name, the sea is fordable to me; the whirlpool's circle would never be a chain to me.
آب ميں مثل ہوا جاتا ہے توسن ميراخار ماہي سے نہ اٹکا کبھي دامن ميرا
My steed speeds in the water like wind. The fishing tackle has never caught my skirt.
ميں اچھلتي ہوں کبھي جذب مہ کامل سےجوش ميں سر کو پٹکتي ہوں کبھي ساحل سے
Sometimes I jump up due to attraction of the full moon; sometimes in excitement I strike my head on the shore.
ہوں وہ رہرو کہ محبت ہے مجھے منزل سےکيوں تڑپتي ہوں ، يہ پوچھے کوئي ميرے دل سے
I am the traveler who loves destination; someone should ask me why I always jump.
زحمت تنگي دريا سے گريزاں ہوں ميںوسعت بحر کي فرقت ميں پريشاں ہوں ميں
Fleeing from the discomfort of the narrow river I am upset by separation from the ocean's vastness I am.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Bang-e-Dara — مو ج دريا — 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
- 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 — Wave of the River — 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