حسن و عشق
English title: THE BEAUTY AND THE LOVE
Just as the moon’s silver boat is drowned in the storm of sun’s light at the break of dawn; Just as the moon-like lotus disappears behind the veil of light in the moon-lit night; Just like the Kalim’s radiant palm in the Toor’s effulgence and the flower bud’s fragrance in the wave of garden’s breeze; Similar is my heart in the flood of Thy Love.
If Thou art the assembly, I am the assembly’s splendor. If Thou art the Beauty’s thunder, I am the produce of Love. If Thou art the dawn, my tears are Thy dew. If I am traveler’s night, Thou art my twilight. My heart harbors Thy disheveled hair locks. My bewilderment is created by Thy picture. Thy Beauty is Perfect, my Love is perfect.
قافلہ ہو گیا آسودہء منزل میرا
Thou art the spring’s breeze for my poetry’s garden; Thou gave tranquillity to my restless imagination. Since Thy Love took residence in my breast; new lights have been added to my mirror. Love’s nature gets stimulation for Perfection from Beauty.My hope’s trees flourished through Thy favour. My caravan has reached its destination.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Bang-e-Dara — حسن و عشق — 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
- Original digital source for restored final line in حسن و عشق — Pinned repository content, commit 82547635bb6b758c45082084b2f152fc453a8056; source group 3585.Verified against this pinned digital transcription file; not checked against a print edition.Source
- Bang-e-Dara English translation at allama-iqbal.com — Beauty and Love — 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
- 001_069: published English translation, source group 3585 — Pinned digital poem content, repository commit 82547635bb6b758c45082084b2f152fc453a8056; source group 3585.Translation by Dr M.A.K. Khalil; Published English verse text retained from the reviewed source group.Source
- Source group 3585, final standalone line after 001_069_010.Edition evidence