Libraryبانگ درا · Bang-e-Dara1924Before 1908

عہد طفلی

The Age of Infancy

اردو Urdu6 versesrecitation available

Though outwardly dealing with the mundane subject of the age of infancy the main theme of this poem is that the search for the Truth and the beauty of the creation of God is one of the "Longings" bestowed on Man by Him. This faculty expresses itself from the very infancy.

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Recited by Zia Mohiuddin · streamed from iqbal.com.pk (International Iqbal Society)

تھے دیار نو زمین و آسماں میرے لیےوسعت آغوش مادر اک جہاں میرے لیے

thay diyar e nau zameen o aasman mere liyewussat e aaghaush e madar ek jahan mere liye

The earth and sky were unknown worlds to meOnly the expanse of mother's bosom was a world to me

تھی ہر اک جنبش نشان لطف جاں میرے لیےحرف بے مطلب تھی خود میری زباں میرے لیے

thi har ek junbish nishan e lutf e jaan mere liyeharf e be matlab thi khud meri zuban mere liye

Every movement was a symbol of life's pleasure to meMy own speech was like a meaningless word to me

درد، طفلی میں اگر کوئی رلاتا تھا مجھےشورش زنجیر در میں لطف آتا تھا مجھے

dard, tiflee mein agar koi rulata tha mujheshorish e zanjeer e dar mein lutf aata tha mujhe

During infancy's pain if somebody made me cryThe noise of the door chain would comfort me

تکتے رہنا ہائے! وہ پہروں تلک سوئے قمروہ پھٹے بادل میں بے آواز پا اس کا سفر

takte rehana haye! vo pehron talak suay qamarvo phate badal mein be aawaz e paa uss ka safar

Oh! How I stared at the moon for long hoursStaring at its silent journey among broken clouds

پوچھنا رہ رہ کے اس کے کوہ و صحرا کی خبراور وہ حیرت دروغ مصلحت آمیز پر

pochna reh reh ke uss ke koh o sehra ki khabaraur vo herat darogh e muslahat aamaz per

I would ask repeatedly about its mountains and plainsAnd how surprised would I be at that prudent lie

آنکھ وقف دید تھی، لب مائل گفتار تھادل نہ تھا میرا، سراپا ذوق استفسار تھا

aankh waqaf e deed thi, lab mayal e guftar thadil na tha mera, sarapa zauq e istafsar tha

My eye was devoted to seeing, my lip was prone to speakMy heart was no less than inquisitiveness personified

From Bang-e-Dara (1924) by Allama Muhammad Iqbal · verified text, Iqbal Academy Pakistan

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