قطعہ
English title: QAT`AH
کل ايک شوريدہ خواب گاہ نبي پہ رو رو کے کہہ رہا تھاکہ مصر و ہندوستاں کے مسلم بنائے ملت مٹا رہے ہيں
Yesterday a desperate Lover was saying with wailing at the Prophet’s tomb | “The Egyptian and Indian Muslims dare destroying the Millat’s foundation!
يہ زائران حريم مغرب ہزار رہبر بنيں ہمارےہميں بھلا ان سے واسطہ کيا جو تجھ سے نا آشنا رہے ہيں
These pilgrims to the West’s sanctuary may fake our leadership | What bond do we have with those who have remained unacquainted with you?
!غضب ہيں يہ 'مرشدان خود بيں خدا تري قوم کو بچائےبگاڑ کر تيرے مسلموں کو يہ اپني عزت بنا رہے ہيں
Outrageous are these “self-seeking spiritual leaders”, May God protect your Millat | They are promoting their own glory by destroying the Muslims
سنے گا اقبال کون ان کو ، يہ انجمن ہي بدل گئي ہے!نئے زمانے ميں آپ ہم کو پراني باتيں سنا رہے ہيں
O Iqbal who would listen to you, the congregation has changed | You are telling us these tales of the old in the new age
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Bang-e-Dara — قطعہ — 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
- 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