تہ دام بھي غزل آشنا رہے طائران چمن تو کيا
English title: NO WONDER IF THE GARDEN BIRDS REMAINED FOND OF POETRY EVEN UNDER THE NET
تہ دام بھي غزل آشنا رہے طائران چمن تو کياجو فغاں دلوں ميں تڑپ رہي تھي، نوائے زير لبي رہي
No wonder if the garden birds remained fond of poetry even under the net | The lament fluttering in hearts as silent song remained
ترا جلوہ کچھ بھي تسلي دل ناصبور نہ کر سکاوہ گريہ سحري رہا ، وہي آہ نيم شبي رہي
Thy Effulgence could not satisfy the restless heart at all | The same dawn’s lament remained, the same midnight sighs remained
نہ خدا رہا نہ صنم رہے ، نہ رقيب دير حرم رہےنہ رہي کہيں اسد اللہي، نہ کہيں ابولہبي رہي
Neither God, nor idols nor the rivals of temple and the Haram remained. Neither Ali’s prowess nor Abi Lahab’s infidelity remained.
مرا ساز اگرچہ ستم رسيدئہ زخمہ ہائے عجم رہاوہ شہيد ذوق وفا ہوں ميں کہ نوا مري عربي رہي
Though my orchestra remained oppressed by `Ajam’s plectrum | I am that martyr in fidelity’s cause whose song ever Arabic remained!
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Bang-e-Dara — تہ دام بھي غزل آشنا رہے طائران چمن تو کيا — 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
- 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