ارتقا
English title: EVOLUTION
Struggle has continued from eternity till the present day between the lamp of Mustafvi and the spark of Bu Lahab.’
Life is flame-tempered, high-minded and fervent; its nature is resolving difficulty, bearing cruelty.
From the evening’s quietude till the morning’s song | There are many a stage of the midnight wailing!
Struggle exists between the heat and cold, throbbing and shaping | From the dark dust to the polished glass of Halab !
The phenomena of making and breaking, squeezing, heating and distilling | Exist between the drop of spring rain and the heat of the grape wine!
Nations live by this continuous struggle alone | This alone is the secret of the Arab nation’s struggle !
“The tavern-keepers making wine from the grape | Break the stars and construct the sun”
شراپ بنانے والے بظاہر انگور کو پانی بناتے ہیں جب کہ عملاً وہ ستارے توڑ کر ان سے سورج بناتے ہیں ۔
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Bang-e-Dara — ارتقا — 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
- Reviewed exact Persian line-language classifications for the digital Urdu collectionsSource
- Bang-e-Dara English translation at allama-iqbal.com — Evolution — 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
- Bang-e-Dara: published Urdu rendering at Iqbal Rahber — Public published source page; pinned snapshot rahber-mixed-irtiqa-poem.txt.Translation by Not separately identified; Published Urdu rendering from Iqbal Rahber; no translator is separately identified.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
- 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 Mustansir Mir; Passages are individually credited in the recovered PDF as “Translated by Mustansir Mir”; exact source and credit PDF page locators are stored with each imported passage.Source