ديکھے چلتي ہے مشرق کي تجارت کب تک
ديکھے چلتي ہے مشرق کي تجارت کب تکشيشہ ديں کے عوض جام و سبو ليتا ہے
ہے مداوائے جنون نشتر تعليم جديدميرا سرجن رگ ملت سے لہو ليتا ہے
Let us see how long this business of the East lasts; people are buying cups and jars instead of din’s goblets. The cure of Love is the new education’s lancet; my surgeon is drawing blood from the Millat’svein.
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