يوں تو اے بزم جہاں! دلکش تھے ہنگامے ترے
English title: O WORLDLY CONGREGATION! THOUGH YOUR GATHERINGS WERE ATTRACTIVE
يوں تو اے بزم جہاں! دلکش تھے ہنگامے ترےاک ذرا افسردگي تيرے تماشائوں ميں تھي
O worldly congregation! Though your gatherings were attractive; some degree of melancholy there was in your spectacles.
پا گئي آسودگي کوئے محبت ميں وہ خاکمدتوں آوارہ جو حکمت کے صحرائوں ميں تھي
Finally that dust acquired comfort in Love, which had been wandering long in Intellect's wilderness.
کس قدر اے مے! تجھے رسم حجاب آئي پسندپردہ انگور سے نکلي تو مينائوں ميں تھي
O Wine! How much enamored you were with the custom of concealment; after emerging from grape's veil you were concealed in the decanter.
حسن کي تاثير پر غالب نہ آ سکتا تھا علماتني ناداني جہاں کے سارے دانائوں ميں تھي
Knowledge could not comprehend the Beauty's effect; so much ignorance prevailed in all the world's sages.
ميں نے اے اقبال يورپ ميں اسے ڈھونڈا عبثبات جو ہندوستاں کے ماہ سيمائوں ميں تھي
O Iqbal! I have searched for it in Europe in vain; the characteristic which was in the beauties of India.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Bang-e-Dara — يوں تو اے بزم جہاں! دلکش تھے ہنگامے ترے — 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 — — 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