شام کي سرحد سے رخصت ہے وہ رند لم يزل
شام کي سرحد سے رخصت ہے وہ رند لم يزلرکھ کے ميخانے کے سارے قاعدے بالائے طاق
That eternal rind has departed from the border of Sham | Shelving away all the rules and etiquette of the tavern
يہ اگر سچ ہے تو ہے کس درجہ عبرت کا مقامرنگ اک پل ميں بدل جاتا ہے يہ نيلي رواق
If so, how much is this the occasion for admonition | The blue sky changes its colors in a moment
حضرت کرزن کو اب فکر مداوا ہے ضرورحکم برداري کے معدے ميں ہے درد لايطاق
Cursor certainly would be concerned with remedial measures | In the belly of obedience has started unequaled convulsion
وفد ہندستاں سے کرتے ہيں سرآغا خاں طلبکيا يہ چورن ہے پےء ہضم فلسطين و عراق؟
Sir Agha Khan is demanding the delegation from India | Is this the digestive for devouring Iraq and Palestine
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
- English translations in the Bang-e-Dara digital anthology excerpt — Recovered Urdu poetry anthology PDF excerpt; publication title and year are not established by the preserved source packet (bang-english.pdf, 105 PDF pages).Translation by M.A.K. Khalil; Passages are individually credited in the recovered PDF as “Translated by M.A.K. Khalil”; exact source and credit PDF page locators are stored with each imported passage.Source