Libraryبانگ درا · Bang-e-Dara1924Before 1908

شاعر

THE POET

اردو Urdu3 versesrecitation available

This very short poem is an eloquent commentary on the role of poets in the affairs of a nation. They perform the same most important function in a nation's affairs as the eye does in the body.

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

قوم گویا جسم ہے، افراد ہیں اعضائے قوممنزل صنعت کے رہ پیما ہیں دست و پائے قوم

Qoum Goya Jism Hai, Afrad Hain Azaaye QoumManzil-e-Sanaat Ke Rah Pema Hain Dast-O-Paye Qoum

A nation is the body, people are its organsArtisans are the nation's hands and feet

محفل نظم حکومت، چہرۂ زیبائے قومشاعر رنگیں نوا ہے دیدہ بینائے قوم

Mehfil-e-Nazam-e-Hukumat, Chehra-e-Zaibaye QoumShayar-e-Rangee Nawa Hai Dida-e-Beenaye Qoum

The State administration is the nation's beautiful faceThe elegant-styled poet is the nation's clear-sighted eye

مبتلائے درد کوئی عضو ہو روتی ہے آنکھکس قدر ہمدرد سارے جسم کی ہوتی ہے آنکھ

Mubtalaye Dard Koi Uzoo Ho, Roti Hai AnkhKis Qadar Hamdard Sare Jism Ki Hoti Hai Ankh

When any organ is afflicted with pain, the eye weepsHow sympathetic to the world body is the eye

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

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