انوکھي وضع ہے ، سارے زمانے سے نرالے ہيں
English title: UNUSUAL IN STATE, DISTINCT FROM THE WHOLE WORLD THEY ARE
Unusual in state, distinct from the whole world they are; O Lord! Inhabitants of which habitation these Lovers are?
Even during pathos's cure I desperately love pathos; blisters' thorns have been extracted with needle's point.
O Lord, the garden of my hopes may remain prosperous I have raised these plants watering them with my blood.
The stars' silence at night makes me weep: Strange my Love is, strange my Laments are.
Do not ask me of the pleasure of remaining destitute; hundreds of nests have been made and destroyed by me.
Being a stranger to the journey's companion is not good, O spark! Wait, after all we are also going to disappear.*
Expectation for the houri has taught everything to the preacher; only in appearance simple and straight forward these people are.
Why should not my verses be dear to me, O Iqbal; these the painful laments of my heart are.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Bang-e-Dara — انوکھي وضع ہے ، سارے زمانے سے نرالے ہيں — 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