ايک مکالمہ
English title: A DIALOGUE
اک مرغ سرا نے يہ کہا مرغ ہوا سے!پردار اگر تو ہے تو کيا ميں نہيں پردار
A domesticated bird once said to the wild bird: ‘If you have wings, do not I also have wings?
گر تو ہے ہوا گير تو ہوں ميں بھي ہوا گيرآزاد اگر تو ہے ، نہيں ميں بھي گرفتار
If you are air-borne, I am also air-borne. If you are free I am also not a prisoner.
پرواز ، خصوصيت ہر صاحب پر ہےکيوں رہتے ہيں مرغان ہوا مائل پندار؟
All winged creatures are characterized by flight: Why then are wild birds inclined to be arrogant!’
مجروح حميت جو ہوئي مرغ ہوا کييوں کہنے لگا سن کے يہ گفتار دل آزار
As the wild bird’s self-respect became wounded; he spoke thus on hearing this heart-rending talk:
کچھ شک نہيں پرواز ميں آزاد ہے تو بھيحد ہے تري پرواز کي ليکن سر ديوار
‘There is no doubt you also are free for flight. But, the limit of your flight is only up to the wall.
واقف نہيں تو ہمت مرغان ہوا سےتو خاک نشيمن ، انھيں گردوں سے سروکار
Are you unacquainted with the courage of the wild birds? You live on the dust; they are concerned with the sky.
تو مرغ سرائي ، خورش از خاک بجوئيما در صدد دانہ بہ انجم زدہ منقار
You are a household bird; you seek food in the dust. We strike the star with our beak in search of the grain.’
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Bang-e-Dara — ايک مکالمہ — 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 — A Dialogue — 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
