پيوستہ رہ شجر سے ، اميد بہار رکھ
English title: REMAIN ATTACHED TO THE TREE KEEP SPRING’S EXPECTATION
ڈالي گئي جو فصل خزاں ميں شجر سے ٹوٹممکن نہيں ہري ہو سحاب بہار سے
The branch of the tree which got separated in autumn | Is not possible to green up with the cloud of spring
ہے لازوال عہد خزاں اس کے واسطےکچھ واسطہ نہيں ہے اسے برگ و بار سے
The autumn season for this branch is ever-lasting | It has no connection with flourishing in the spring
ہے تيرے گلستاں ميں بھي فصل خزاں کا دورخالي ہے جيب گل زر کامل عيار سے
Autumn season prevails in your rose garden also | The pocket of the rose is devoid of good cash
جو نغمہ زن تھے خلوت اوراق ميں طيوررخصت ہوئے ترے شجر سايہ دار سے
The birds which were singing in the seclusion of leaves | Have departed from your shady tree’s leaves
شاخ بريدہ سے سبق اندوز ہو کہ توناآشنا ہے قاعدئہ روزگار سے
You should learn a lesson from the separated branch | As you are unacquainted with the customs of the world
ملت کے ساتھ رابطہء استوار رکھ!پيوستہ رہ شجر سے ، اميد بہار رکھ
Keep very strong communication with the nation | Remain attached to the tree and have spring’s expectation!
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Bang-e-Dara — پيوستہ رہ شجر سے ، اميد بہار رکھ — 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