دعا
English title: THE SUPPLICATION
O Lord! To the Muslim’s heart grant that live longing; which may warm the heart, which may restlessness to the soul grant.
Again brighten up every speck of dust of the Valley of Faran; again; Longing for the Spectacle, taste for the asking grant.
Again to the one deprived of the Spectacle the discerning eye grant; whatever I have seen, to others also its sight grant.
Again guide the strayed away deer towards the Haram* to the one addicted to city, vastness of wilderness grant.
Again in the forlorn heart create the Last Day’s tumult; again to this empty camel-litter the lover of Lailah grant.
In the darkness of this age to every perturbed heart that mark of Love which may embarrass the moon grant.
In elegance raise the Muslims’ goals to the level of Thurayyah; self-respect of the ocean, freedom of the sea shore grant.
Love should be pure, candor fearless should be! Grant Light to hearts, hearts like crystal grant.
Grant the feeling for signs of the calamity in today’s tumult concern for tomorrow grant.
I am the wailing nightingale of a ruined rose garden; I am the supplicant for acceptance, O Benevolent one alms to the beggar grant.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Bang-e-Dara — دعا — 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 Supplication — 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
