عيد پر شعر لکھنے کي فرمائش کے جواب ميں
English title: IN RESPONSE TO THE REQUEST FOR WRITING A POEM ON ‘EID
يہ شالامار ميں اک برگ زرد کہتا تھاگيا وہ موسم گل جس کا رازدار ہوں ميں
In the Shalamar Garden a yellowed leaf was saying | “Gone is that spring of which the confidante I am
نہ پائمال کريں مجھ کو زائران چمنانھي کي شاخ نشيمن کي يادگار ہوں ميں
The garden’s visitors should not trample me down | The memory of the branch of their own nest I am”
ذرا سے پتے نے بيتاب کر ديا دل کوچمن ميں آکے سراپا غم بہار ہوں ميں
This tiny little leaf made the heart restless | One coming into the garden complete mourner of spring I am
خزاں ميں مجھ کو رلاتي ہے ياد فصل بہارخوشي ہو عيد کي کيونکر کہ سوگوار ہوں ميں
In the autumn I am crying in remembrance of the spring | How can I get the happiness of Eid as grief-stricken I am
اجاڑ ہو گئے عہد کہن کے ميخانےگزشتہ بادہ پرستوں کي يادگار ہوں ميں
Devastated have become the olden days’ taverns | A memorial of the olden days’ wine drinkers I am
پيام عيش ، مسرت ہميں سناتا ہےہلال عيد ہماري ہنسي اڑاتا ہے
It gives the message of pleasure and happiness to us! | The crescent of Eid is making fun of us!
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Bang-e-Dara — عيد پر شعر لکھنے کي فرمائش کے جواب ميں — 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
- 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