تعليم مغربي ہے بہت جرات آفريں
تعليم مغربي ہے بہت جرات آفريںپہلا سبق ہے، بيٹھ کے کالج ميں مار ڈينگ
Western education is very encouraging; its first lesson is to brag sitting in the college.
بستے ہيں ہند ميں جو خريدار ہي فقطآغا بھي لے کے آتے ہيں اپنے وطن سے ہينگ
As only the purchasers inhabit India; Afghans also bring assafoetida from their country.
ميرا يہ حال، لوٹ کي ٹو چاٹتا ہوں ميںان کا يہ حکم، ديکھ! مرے فرش پر نہ رينگ
My condition is that I lick the toe of the boot; she says, ‘Beware do not be crawling on my carpet.’
کہنے لگے کہ اونٹ ہے بھدا سا جانوراچھي ہے گائے، رکھتي ہے کيا نوک دار سينگ
The camel is said to be a somewhat clumsy animal; the cow is good as she has slender horns.
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
