رات مچھر نے کہہ ديا مجھ سے
رات مچھر نے کہہ ديا مجھ سےماجرا اپني ناتمامي کا
Last night the mosquito related to me the whole story of his failures.
مجھ کو ديتے ہيں ايک بوند لہوصلہ شب بھر کي تشنہ کامي کا
‘They give me only one drop of blood in return for the whole night’s labour.
اور يہ بسوہ دار، بے زحمتپي گيا سب لہو اسامي کا
And this land owner without any effort sucked all the blood of the cultivator.’
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