مشرق ميں اصول دين بن جاتے ہيں
مشرق ميں اصول دين بن جاتے ہيںمغرب ميں مگر مشين بن جاتے ہيں
In the East principles are changed to religion But in the West they are changed into machines.
رہتا نہيں ايک بھي ہمارے پلےواں ايک کے تين تين بن جاتے ہيں
We do not retain even one of them There one is changed into three
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Bang-e-Dara — ظر یفا نہ — 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
- Kulliyat-e-Iqbal (Urdu), special edition and Bang-e-Dara contents — Special edition, 1990; cited for the separately numbered humorous-poem contents only.Primary source used to document this poem’s language or title.Source
- Bang-e-Dara English translation at allama-iqbal.com — — Public digital poem page, retrieved 2026-10-05; pinned to allama-iqbal.com commit 82547635bb6b758c45082084b2f152fc453a8056.Translation by Dr M.A.K. Khalil; English Translation by: Dr M.A.K. KhalilSource
- Bang-e-Dara English translation at International Iqbal Society — In the East principles are changed to religion — Public English translation article, cached 2026-10-05; source HTML and extracted article text are pinned by SHA-256.Translation by Not identified; Article does not identify the translator. Nearby allama text credits Dr M.A.K. Khalil for the poem but these exact missing fields are blank there. Keep the IIS publisher credit rather than infer an individual attribution.Source