عجب واعظ کي دينداري ہے يا رب
English title: O LORD! STRANGE IS THE PIETY OF THE PREACHER
عجب واعظ کي دينداري ہے يا ربعداوت ہے اسے سارے جہاں سے
O Lord! Strange is the piety of the preacher: He has animosity towards the whole world.
کوئي اب تک نہ يہ سمجھا کہ انساںکہاں جاتا ہے، آتا ہے کہاں سے
Nobody has so far understood that Man where he is going, and from where he has come?
وہيں سے رات کو ظلمت ملي ہےچمک تارے نے پائي ہے جہاں سے
From the same source has the night obtained darkness from where the star has obtained brightness.
ہم اپني درد مندي کا فسانہسنا کرتے ہيں اپنے رازداں سے
The tale of our compassion is always related by our sympathizer.
بڑي باريک ہيں واعظ کي چاليںلرز جاتا ہے آواز اذاں سے
Very subtle are the ways of the preacher; he trembles on hearing the sound of adhan!
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Bang-e-Dara — عجب واعظ کي دينداري ہے يا رب — 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
- Bang-e-Dara English translation at allama-iqbal.com — — 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