ظاہر کي آنکھ سے نہ تماشا کرے کوئي
English title: ONE SHOULD NOT SEE THE SPECTACLE WITH THE MATERIAL EYE
One should not see the Spectacle with the material eye; if one wants to see Him he should open the insight's eye.
His talking lip was death's message to Mansoor; how can anybody dare to claim Someone's Love now?
Close your eyes if you want taste for the Sight; the real Seeing is that one should not try to see Him.
I am the extreme Love, Thou art the extreme Beauty. One should see me or witness Thy Spectacle.
The Beloved's Beauty is the creator of excuse for Love's crime; one need not create a new excuse on the Day of Judgment.
O Companion! It is not possible to close this zealous eye! In what other manner should one try to witness Him.
With what thought did Kalim become insistent on the Toor? One should request for the Sight if he has the power for the Sight.
Even the eyebrow's movement is unwelcome to the Sight; with the eye of the narcissus should one see Thee.
The pleasures of the Longings of Love will be manifest, if one has Longing like me for a few days.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Bang-e-Dara — ظاہر کي آنکھ سے نہ تماشا کرے کوئي — 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