ہمايوں
English title: HUMAYUN
اے ہمايوں! زندگي تيري سراپا سوز تھيتيري چنگاري چراغ انجمن افروز تھي
Humayun! Your life was full of warmth; your spark was an assembly-enlightening lamp.
گرچہ تھا تيرا تن خاکي نزار و دردمندتھي ستارے کي طرح روشن تري طبع بلند
Though your earthly body was slim and weak; your elegant disposition was bright like a star.
کس قدر بے باک دل اس ناتواں پيکر ميں تھاشعلہ گردوں نورد اک مشت خاکستر ميں تھا
How fearless a heart in this frail body was! A universal flame in this handful of dust was!
موت کي ليکن دل دانا کو کچھ پروا نہيںشب کي خاموشي ميں جز ہنگامہ فردا نہيں
But the intelligent heart was not at all afraid of death! In night’s silence there is nothing except morrow’s affairs!
موت کو سمجھے ہيں غافل اختتام زندگيہے يہ شام زندگي، صبح دوام زندگي
The imprudent ones consider death is the end of life: This apparent evening of life is the morning of perpetual life!
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Bang-e-Dara — ہمايوں — 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 — Humayun (Late Mr. Justice Shah Din) — 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