ترانہ ملي
English title: THE MUSLIM NATIONAL ANTHEM
China and Arabia are ours, India is also ours; we are Muslims, whole world is homeland of ours.
The trust of Divine Unity is in the breasts of ours; it is not easy to destroy the identity of ours.
Among the world’s temples that first House of God; we are its sentinels, it is the sentinel of ours.
We have been brought up under the shade of swords; the crescent’s dagger is the national insignia of ours.
Our Adhan echoed in the valleys of the West; none could stop the advancing flood of ours.
We cannot be bowed down by falsehood, O sky! Hundreds of times you have done tests of ours.
O garden of Andalus! Do you remember the days when your branches harbored the nest of ours?
O wave of the Tigris! You also recognize us; your river still recites the stories of ours.
O Holy Land! For your honor we fought to the bitter end; still flowing in your veins is the blood of ours.
The Hijaz’s Chief is the commander of our caravan; this name preserves solace of the hearts of ours.
This anthem of Iqbal is the clarion’s* call so to say; again prepares for the journey the caravan of ours.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Bang-e-Dara — ترانہ ملي — 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 — The Muslim National Anthem — 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