ايک شام
English title: AN EVENING
خاموش ہے چاندني قمر کيشاخيں ہيں خموش ہر شجر کي
The moon's light is silent; the branches of every tree are silent.
وادي کے نوا فروش خاموشکہسار کے سبز پوش خاموش
The songsters of the valley are silent; the green trees of the mountain are silent.
فطرت بے ہوش ہو گئي ہےآغوش ميں شب کے سو گئي ہے
Nature has become unconscious; it is sleeping in the night's lap.
کچھ ايسا سکوت کا فسوں ہےنيکر کا خرام بھي سکوں ہے
Some such spell of serenity exists that Neckar's flow is also serene.
تاروں کا خموش کارواں ہےيہ قافلہ بے درا رواں ہے
The caravan of stars is silent; the caravan is moving without the bell.
خاموش ہيں کوہ و دشت و درياقدرت ہے مراقبے ميں گويا
Silent are the mountains, forest, river as if Nature is absorbed in deep meditation.
اے دل! تو بھي خموش ہو جاآغوش ميں غم کو لے کے سو جا
O Heart! You should also become silent taking grief in your lap go to sleep.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Bang-e-Dara — ايک شام — 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 — An Evening by the River Neckar’s Banks, Heidelberg, Germany — 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