دريوزہ خلافت
English title: BEGGING FOR KHILAFAH
اگر ملک ہاتھوں سے جاتا ہے، جائےتو احکام حق سے نہ کر بے وفائي
If the territory is being lost let it be lost; you should not be disloyal to God’s commands.
نہيں تجھ کو تاريخ سے آگہي کياخلافت کي کرنے لگا تو گدائي
Do you not have knowledge of history? You have started begging for theKhilafah!
خريديں نہ جس کو ہم اپنے لہو سےمسلماں کو ہے ننگ وہ پادشائي
If we do not purchase with our own blood; such sovereignty is a disgrace to the Muslim!
مرا از شکستن چناں عار نايد ''''کہ از ديگراں خواستن موميائي
‘I do not feel as much ashamed of being broken down as in asking others for momiya’i* for my treatment.
میرے لیے اپنے جسم کی ہڈیاں ٹوٹ جانا اس قدر باعث شرم نہیں، جس قدر دوسروں کے سامنے مومیائی کے لیے ہاتھ پھیلا نا ۔
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Bang-e-Dara — دريوزہ خلافت — 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 — Begging For Khilafah — 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 field at allama-iqbal.com — Public poem data pinned to allama-iqbal.com repository commit 82547635bb6b758c45082084b2f152fc453a8056; source path allama-iqbal-com-content/bang-e-dara/3a/67.json.Translation by Not separately identified; The published Urdu field does not separately identify its translator. No English translator credit is reused.Source