سوامي رام تير تھ
English title: SWAMI RAM TIRATH
ہم بغل دريا سے ہے اے قطرہ بے تاب توپہلے گوہر تھا ، بنا اب گوہر ناياب تو
O Impatient drop! You are in the bosom of the sea; you were a pearl earlier, now you are an invaluable pearl.
آہ کھولا کس ادا سے تو نے راز رنگ و بوميں ابھي تک ہوں اسير امتياز رنگ و بو
Ah! How gracefully you opened the secrets of life; I am still a prisoner of the discriminations of life.
مٹ کے غوغا زندگي کا شورش محشر بنايہ شرارہ بجھ کے آتش خانہ آزر بنا
The life’s clamour on destruction became the Last Day’s tumult; the spark on being extinguished became Azar’s fire temple.
نفي ہستي اک کرشمہ ہے دل آگاہ کا'لا' کے دريا ميں نہاں موتي ہے 'الااللہ' کا
The denial of Existence is the Love’s gesture of the informed heart; in the river of La is concealed the pearl of Illallah.
چشم نابينا سے مخفي معني انجام ہےتھم گئي جس دم تڑپ ، سيماب سيم خام ہے
The meaning of the end is hidden from the unsightful eye: Mercury is only raw silver, when its restlessness stops.
توڑ ديتا ہے بت ہستي کو ابراہيم عشقہوش کا دارو ہے گويا مستي تسنيم عشق
The Ibrahim of Love is the destroyer of the idol of existence. The ecstasy of Tasnim* of Love is the cure of awareness.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Bang-e-Dara — سوامي رام تير تھ — 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 — Swamy Ram Tirath — 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