ترانہء ہندی
اے آب رود گنگا، وہ دن ہیں یاد تجھ کو؟اترا ترے کنارے جب کارواں ہمارا
English translation
O, The River Ganga’s waters! Do you remember the day when our caravan landed at your banks.*
* Allusion to the arrival of Muslims in India: Unlike the British the Muslims settled in the Indian sub continent and made it their homeland, which establishes their claim to settle the political problems of India with due regard to their interests.)
Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil
Word meanings
آب رود گنگا: دریائے گنگا کا پانی۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 5 of 9 in “ترانہء ہندی” (An Ode To India) in the section Part 1 -- Before 1905, from Allama Muhammad Iqbal's Urdu book Bang-e-Dara (بانگِ درا), published in 1924.
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