وہ مس بولي ارادہ خودکشي کا جب کيا ميں نے
وہ مس بولي ارادہ خودکشي کا جب کيا ميں نےمہذب ہے تو اے عاشق! قدم باہر نہ دھر حد سے
As I tried to commit suicide the Miss exclaimed: ‘O lover! If you are civilized do not transgress the limits.
نہ جرات ہے ، نہ خنجر ہے تو قصد خودکشي کيسايہ مانا درد ناکامي گيا تيرا گزر حد سے
Without courage or dagger suicide’s intention is strange; even granting your pain of failure has exceeded the limits’.
کہا ميں نے کہ اے جاں جہاں کچھ نقد دلوا دوکرائے پر منگالوں گا کوئي افغان سرحد سے
I said, ‘O dear, give me some cash I shall hire some Afghan from the Frontier Province’.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Bang-e-Dara — ظر یفا نہ — 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
- Kulliyat-e-Iqbal (Urdu), special edition and Bang-e-Dara contents — Special edition, 1990; cited for the separately numbered humorous-poem contents only.Primary source used to document this poem’s language or title.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