شفاخانہ حجاز
English title: THE HOSPITAL OF HIJAZ
A leader of the nation once said to Iqbal | “A hospital is about to open in Jeddah for Hijaz
Every speck of your dust becomes restless | As you hear from somebody the tale of Hijaz
Move your hand of Love towards your pocket | You are world famous as the lover of Hijaz
The hospital in the suburbs of Battha* is needed in the hands of Issa the patient’s pulse is needed.’
I said “Life lies in the veil of death | As the Truth lies veiled in metaphors
What the Lover has obtained in the position of death; Khizar could not obtain in the wine of eternal life.
Sir, convey this message of life to others | I am searching for death in the land of Hijaz
Why have you brought the message of cure? What concern do Lovers have with the Masiha.*
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Bang-e-Dara — شفاخانہ حجاز — 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 Hospital Of Hijaz — 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
- English translations in the Bang-e-Dara digital anthology excerpt — Recovered Urdu poetry anthology PDF excerpt; publication title and year are not established by the preserved source packet (bang-english.pdf, 105 PDF pages).Translation by M.A.K. Khalil; Passages are individually credited in the recovered PDF as “Translated by M.A.K. Khalil”; exact source and credit PDF page locators are stored with each imported passage.Source