پھول کا تحفہ عطا ہونے پر
English title: ON BEING PRESENTED WITH A FLOWER
وہ مست ناز جو گلشن ميں جا نکلتي ہےکلي کلي کي زباں سے دعا نکلتي ہے
When that exquisite beauty strolls into the garden; every single flower bud recites this supplication:
الہي! پھولوں ميں وہ انتخاب مجھ کو کرے ''''کلي سے رشک گل آفتاب مجھ کو کرے
‘O God! Out of all flowers he may he pick me! From flower-bud into full flower he may turn me.’
تجھے وہ شاخ سے توڑيں! زہے نصيب ترےتڑپتے رہ گئے گلزار ميں رقيب ترے
He may pluck you from the branch! How lucky you are; your rivals in the garden may flounce at you.
اٹھا کے صدمہ فرقت وصال تک پہنچاتري حيات کا جوہر کمال تک پہنچا
From pangs of separation to the union you reached; the essence of your life to perfection reached.
مرا کنول کہ تصدق ہيں جس پہ اہل نظرمرے شباب کے گلشن کو ناز ہے جس پر
My lotus, which beauty’s worshipers adore, which the prime of my youth does ever adore.
کبھي يہ پھول ہم آغوش مدعا نہ ہواکسي کے دامن رنگيں سے آشنا نہ ہوا
This flower could never attain its objective; could never know some one’s colorful skirt.
شگفتہ کر نہ سکے گي کبھي بہار اسےفسردہ رکھتا ہے گلچيں کا انتظار اسے
Spring will never be able to make it bloom; waiting for the gardener ever keeps it sad.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Bang-e-Dara — پھول کا تحفہ عطا ہونے پر — 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 — On Being Presented With A Flower — 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