پردہ چہرے سے اٹھا ، انجمن آرائي کر
English title: LIFT THE VEIL FROM THY FACE AND BE MANIFEST IN THE ASSEMBLY
Lift the veil from Thy Face and be manifest in the assembly | Make the eyes of the sun, moon and stars Thy spectators
If Thou art the lightning how long this secret winking? | Make acquaintance with my heart without a veil
The warm breath’s effect is the miracle of life | If it is on Thy breast perform life-giving miracles
How long should begging be on the Toor like Kalim! Make the flame of Sinai manifest with Thy Existence.
Let the Haram be built with every speck of Thy dust. Make the heart alien to the ways of the Church.
It is not good to exceed limits in this garden | If Thou showeth elegance make its show with grace
First become self-respecting like Alexander | Then make the show of desire of Dara’s grandeur
You will reach the destination of Lailah one day, O Iqbal! For some more days continue wandering in the wilderness.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Bang-e-Dara — پردہ چہرے سے اٹھا ، انجمن آرائي کر — 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 Naeem Siddiqui; English Translation by: Naeem SiddiquiSource
- 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