شيکسپير
English title: WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
To the dawn’s twilight the river’s graceful flow is a mirror! To the evening’s song the evening’s silence is a mirror.
To the spring’s beautiful cheek flower petal is a mirror! To the lover of wine the cup’s cavity is mirror.
Beauty is God’s mirror and heart is Beauty’s mirror! To the human heart the beauty of your marks is a mirror.
By your heaven-embracing thought is the perfection of existence. Was your bright nature the aim of existence?
When the eye searching for your sight sought you; it saw the sun veiled in the brightness of the sun.
Your existence surely remained veiled from the world’s eye and your eye saw the world completely unveiled.
Nature has such a strong desire for guarding secrets that another confidante like you it will never create!
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Bang-e-Dara — شيکسپير — 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 — Shakespeare — 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