چاند
English title: THE MOON
Though miles away from my abode is your homeland; tumultuous like the sea is my heart with your attraction.
Where do you intend to go? From where are you coming? Perhaps you have become pale from the journey's hardships.
In creation you are embodiment of light, of darkness I am; in spite of this misfortune akin to you in destiny I am.
Ah! Ablaze I am from the heat of longing for God's Sight; embodiment of pathos are you from obligation of sun's sight.
If your motion established in an orbit is; my motion also like that of a compass is.
You are diligently pursuing your life's path, so am I! You are lighted in existence' assembly, so alight am I.
In the midst of my journey I am, in the midst of your journey you are. Similar to the silence of my heart, silent in your assembly you are.
A seeker you are and the same custom is mine. Moon light is your light, Love is the light mine.
In the world of my residence with an assembly I also am; if unique in your assembly you are, unique like you I am.
The light of the sun as the message of death to you is; annihilated in the Eternal Beauty's effulgence my heart is.
Still, O shining moon! I am different, you are different; the bosoms which are afflicted by the pathos are different.
Though the embodiment of darkness I am, embodiment of light you are. Hundreds of stages away from the taste of Intellect you are.
I know what the purpose of my existence is. This is the luster of which your forehead devoid is
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Bang-e-Dara — چاند — 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 — The Moon — 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
