محنت و سرمايہ دنيا ميں صف آرا ہو گئے
محنت و سرمايہ دنيا ميں صف آرا ہو گئےديکھے ہوتا ہے کس کس کي تمنائوں کا خون
Capital and labour are in confrontation with each other: Let us see how many people’s expectations are destroyed.
حکمت و تدبير سے يہ فتنہ آشوب خيز،ٹل نہيں سکتا ، وقد کنتم بہ تستعجلون
With cleverness and prudence this mischief cannot be delayed because ‘Wa qad kuntum behi tasta‘ajiloon’.
کھل گئے، ياجوج اور ماجوج کے لشکر تمام'چشم مسلم ديکھ لے تفسير حرف 'ينسلون
Gog and Magog all have been released; the Muslim eye will see the meaning of Yansiloon.*
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