کہوں کيا آرزوئے بے دلي مجھ کو کہاں تک ہے
English title: WHAT SHOULD I SAY HOW MUCH LONGING FOR DEJECTION I HAVE
What should I say how much Longing for dejection I have? The elegance of my market is only up to the ardent desire for losing.
I am the sot who himself becomes garden by the Wine’s Light. Rose’s love is only up to the departure of the unkind cup bearer.
Hunter’s enhancement of garden’s beauty is till start of my melodies; as for the thunderbolts’ restlessness, it is up to my nest.
I am that handful of dust, which is changed to wilderness by distress’ grace. Do not ask me of my span; it is from the earth to the sky.
I am the bell, complaint is asleep in my whole nature; the silence of mine only is up to the caravan’s departure.
With a tranquil heart create means of attaining your aims, because the whirlpool’s knot is only up to the water’s flow.
Silence is death in the garden of Love, O nightingale this life is only up to observance of the wailing’s custom.
In youth, there is Sight’s zeal as well as Longing’s pleasure. The happiness of our house is only up to the guest’s presence.
Disgraced though I am in the whole world but, O ignorance; I understand that my Love is known only to my confidante.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Bang-e-Dara — کہوں کيا آرزوئے بے دلي مجھ کو کہاں تک ہے — 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
