معزول شہنشاہ
English title: A DEPOSED MONARCH
Published English translations cover only part of this poem.
ہو مبارک اس شہنشاہ نکو فرجام کوجس کي قرباني سے اسرار ملوکيت ہيں فاش
'شاہ' ہے برطانوي مندر ميں اک مٹي کا بتجس کو کر سکتے ہيں، جب چاہيں پجاري پاش پاش
In Britain’s fane the King is only a plaster | Image its worshippers smash whenever they choose;
ہے يہ مشک آميز افيوں ہم غلاموں کے ليےساحر انگليس! مارا خواجہ ديگر تراش
Its opiate incense is for us, the slaves— | Come, English swindler, bring out our new master!
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Armaghan-e-Hijaz (Urdu) — معزول شہنشاہ — 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: Armaghan-e-Hijaz (Urdu) — 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
- Poems from Iqbal — First edition, 1955Translation by V. G. Kiernan; Published English translations attributed to V. G. Kiernan; the 231 previously imported exact passages remain, with one additional independently reviewed final standalone line at PDF page 100. Each new locator names its exact passage scope.Source