مسجد تو بنا دي شب بھر ميں ايماں کي حرارت والوں نے
مسجد تو بنا دي شب بھر ميں ايماں کي حرارت والوں نےمن اپنا پرانا پاپي ہے، برسوں ميں نمازي بن نہ سکا
Though the mosque was built overnight by the believers | Our heart being old sinner for years devout could not be
کيا خوب امير فيصل کو سنوسي نے پيغام دياتو نام و نسب کا حجازي ہے پر دل کا حجازي بن نہ سکا
What a beautiful message did Sanosi give to King Faisal: By descent you Hijazi are, but in heart Hijazi could no be.
تر آنکھيں تو ہو جاتي ہيں، پر کيا لذت اس رونے ميںجب خون جگر کي آميزش سے اشک پيازي بن نہ سکا
Though eyes become wet there is no pleasure is in this weeping | If by mixture of affliction’s blood tears pink could not be
اقبال بڑا اپديشک ہے من باتوں ميں موہ ليتا ہےگفتارکا يہ غازي تو بنا ،کردار کا غازي بن نہ سکا
Iqbal is a good advisor, fascinates the heart in moments | He did become hero in talk, but one in deeds he could not be
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
- 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
- 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