سليمي
English title: SULAIMA
جس کي نمود ديکھي چشم ستارہ بيں نےخورشيد ميں ، قمر ميں ، تاروں کي انجمن ميں
The one whose manifestation witnessed the astronomer's eye: In the sun, in the moon, in the assembly of stars.
صوفي نے جس کو دل کے ظلمت کدے ميں پاياشاعر نے جس کو ديکھا قدرت کے بانکپن ميں
Whom the Sufi found in the dark recesses of his heart; whom the poet saw in the midst of elegance of Nature.
جس کي چمک ہے پيدا ، جس کي مہک ہويداشبنم کے موتيوں ميں ، پھولوں کے پيرہن ميں
Whose brilliance exists, whose fragrance persists; in the pearls of dew, in the shirts of flowers.
صحرا کو ہے بسايا جس نے سکوت بن کرہنگامہ جس کے دم سے کاشانہ چمن ميں
Who has inhabited the wilderness by becoming tranquility; whose Presence creates the uproar in the midst of the garden.
ہر شے ميں ہے نماياں يوں تو جمال اس کاآنکھوں ميں ہے سليمي تيري کمال اس کا
Though His Beauty is manifest in everything; in your eye is Its climax, O Sulaima!
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Bang-e-Dara — سليمي — 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 — Sulaima — 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