طلبہء علي گڑھ کالج کے نام
English title: ADDRESSED TO THE STUDENTS OF ALIGARH COLLEGE
The message of others is different, my message is different; the style of address of the one afflicted with Love is different.
You have heard the laments of the bird under the net; also listen to the laments of the bird on the roof tops which are different.
Call was coming from the mount, ‘Life’s secret is peace’; the frail ant was saying ‘The pleasure of struggle is different’.
The glory of Hijaz’ assemblage is based on Haram’s Love: The station of this is different, the system of that is different!
Eternal luxury is death if there is no Longing for Search: Man’s revolving is different; wine-cup’s revolving is different.
The dawn’s candle left the message that burning is life’s secret; in the life’s sorrowful abode the condition for eternity is different.
The wine is still half-mature, Love is unsuccessful still: Leave the church’s brick on the pitcher’s mouth still.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Bang-e-Dara — طلبہء علي گڑھ کالج کے نام — 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 — Address To The Students Of Aligarh College — 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