اختر صبح
English title: THE MORNING STAR - VENUS
ستارہ صبح کا روتا تھا اور يہ کہتا تھاملي نگاہ مگر فرصت نظر نہ ملي
The dawn’s star was weeping and saying this: ‘I got the eye but not the leisure for Sight.
ہوئي ہے زندہ دم آفتاب سے ہر شےاماں مجھي کو تہ دامن سحر نہ ملي
Everything has come to life through the sun’s energy; only I did not get protection under the morning’s skirt.
بساط کيا ہے بھلا صبح کے ستارے کينفس حباب کا ، تابندگي شرارے کي
After all what is the capacity of the dawn’s star: It is like bubble’s breath, like the spark’s brightness’.
!کہا يہ ميں نے کہ اے زيور جبين سحرغم فنا ہے تجھے! گنبد فلک سے اتر
I said ‘O beautiful jewel of the dawn’s forehead; do you have fear of death? Come down from the sky.
ٹپک بلندي گردوں سے ہمرہ شبنممرے رياض سخن کي فضا ہے جاں پرور
Drop down from the sky’s height with the dew; my poetry’s field will be invigorating to you.
ميں باغباں ہوں ، محبت بہار ہے اس کيبنا مثال ابد پائدار ہے اس کي
I am the gardener, Love is its bloom; its foundation is firm like eternity.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Bang-e-Dara — اختر صبح — 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 — The Morning Star –Venus — 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
