ہم مشرق کے مسکينوں کا دل مغرب ميں جا اٹکا ہے
ہم مشرق کے مسکينوں کا دل مغرب ميں جا اٹکا ہےواں کنڑ سب بلوري ہيں ياں ايک پرانا مٹکا ہے
We poor Easterners have been entangled in the West; all crystal decanters are there, only an old earthen jar is here.
اس دور ميں سب مٹ جائيں گے، ہاں! باقي وہ رہ جائے گاجو قائم اپني راہ پہ ہے اور پکا اپني ہٹ کا ہے
All will be annihilated in this age except the one who established in his ways and firm in his thought is.
اے شيخ و برہمن، سنتے ہو! کيا اہل بصيرت کہتے ہيںگردوں نے کتني بلندي سے ان قوموں کو دے پٹکا ہے
O Shaikh and Brahman! Do you listen to what people with insight say? Heaven from great heights has thrown down those nations;
يا باہم پيار کے جلسے تھے ، دستور محبت قائم تھايا بحث ميں اردو ہندي ہے يا قرباني يا جھٹکا ہے
Who formerly had assemblies of affection with firm love; now under discussion is Urdu and Hindi or Dhibh and Jhatka.
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