اے باد صبا! کملي والے سے جا کہيو پيغام مرا
English title: O ZEPHYR! CONVEY MY MESSAGE TO THE ONE WRAPPED IN BLANKET
اے باد صبا! کملي والے سے جا کہيو پيغام مراقبضے سے امت بيچاري کے ديں بھي گيا، دنيا بھي گئي
O zephyr! Convey my message to the one wrapped in blanket: The poor Ummah has lost both din and material resources.
يہ موج پريشاں خاطر کو پيغام لب ساحل نے ديا!ہے دور وصال بحر بھي، تو دريا ميں گھبرا بھي گئي
The river bank gave this message to the restless wave: ‘Union with ocean is still far and you have already lost patience in the river’.
عزت ہے محبت کي قائم اے قيس! حجاب محمل سےمحمل جو گيا عزت بھي گئي، غيرت بھي گئي ليلا بھي گئي
O Qais! Love’s honour is made durable with litter’s curtain; if litter is lost, glory, honor as well as Lailah is lost!
کي ترک تگ و دو قطرے نے تو آبروئے گوہر بھي مليآوارگي فطرت بھي گئي اور کشمکش دريا بھي گئي
Though the drop got pearl’s dignity by abandoning struggle; it lost taste for wandering and struggle in the river.
نکلي تو لب اقبال سے ہے، کيا جانيے کس کي ہے يہ صداپيغام سکوں پہنچا بھي گئي ، دل محفل کا تڑپا بھي گئي
Though this voice has emerged from Iqbal’s lips its source is unknown; the assembly got hope’s message as well as became restless for activism.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Bang-e-Dara — اے باد صبا! کملي والے سے جا کہيو پيغام مرا — 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 — — 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