شا عر
English title: THE POET
The melodious brook is coming down from the mountain after drinking red wine from the tavern’s spring.
Just listen to the message of the ecstatic stroller; only he is living who unconcerned with resting is.
In the valleys the cloud’s elegant daughter is roaming; exhibiting her love for the greenery of the meadow is.
Stealing away the cup of wine from mountain’s tavern; passing throughout ups and downs suckling the fields is.
If the affectionate poet also exhibits the truth; life’s cultivation greens up from his bountiful ways.
Khalil’s* glory is evident from his verse; when his nation exhibits the Azar’s ways.
For earth’s inhabitants is the recipe of eternal life; the literature which is nurtured in sincere ways.
If the book of literature’s wine in the world’s garden does not exist; the flower, the bud, the verdure, even the garden will not exist.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Bang-e-Dara — شا عر — 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 Poet — 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