تنہائي
English title: LONELINESS
تنہائي شب ميں ہے حزيں کيا!انجم نہيں تيرے ہم نشيں کيا
Why are you sad in the night's loneliness? Are not the stars your close associates?
يہ رفعت آسمان خاموشخوابيدہ زميں ، جہان خاموش
This elegant dignity of the silent sky; this sleeping earth, this silent world;
يہ چاند ، يہ دشت و در ، يہ کہسارفطرت ہے تمام نسترن زار
This moon, wilderness, environment, mountains, Nature is a prolific garden of white roses.
موتي خوش رنگ ، پيارے پيارےيعني ترے آنسوئوں کے تارے
The colourful pearls are variegate and beautiful, seem to be the stars of your tears.
!کس شے کي تجھے ہوس ہے اے دل!قدرت تري ہم نفس ہے اے دل
What do you desire so inordinately, O Heart! Nature is in concord with you, O Heart!
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Bang-e-Dara — تنہائي — 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 — Loneliness — 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