ابي سينيا
English title: ABYSSINIA
يورپ کے کرگسوں کو نہيں ہے ابھي خبرہے کتني زہر ناک ابي سينيا کي لاش
The vultures of Europe still do not know that poison in Abyssinian corpse does flow:
!ہونے کو ہے يہ مردہ ديرينہ قاش قاشتہذيب کا کمال شرافت کا ہے زوال
That rotting carcass ready to fall in pieces. | Civilization’s zenith, nadir of virtue;
غارت گري جہاں ميں ہے اقوام کي معاش!ہر گرگ کو ہے برہ معصوم کي تلاش
In our world pillage is the nation’s trade, | Each wolf aprowl for inoffensive lambs.
اے وائے آبروئے کليسا کا آءنہروما نے کر ديا سر بازار پاش پاش
Woe to the shining honour of the Church, | For Rome has shivered it in the market‐place!
پیر کلیسیا! یہ حقیقت ہے دلخراش
Sharp-clawed, oh Holy Father, is the truth.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Zarb-e-Kalim — ابي سينيا — 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: Zarb-e-Kalim — 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
- Original digital source for restored final line in ابي سينيا — Pinned repository content, commit 82547635bb6b758c45082084b2f152fc453a8056; source group 11576.Verified against this pinned digital transcription file; not checked against a print edition.Source
- Zarb-e-Kalim English translation at allama-iqbal.com — Abyssinia — Public digital poem page, retrieved 2026-10-06; pinned to allama-iqbal.com commit 82547635bb6b758c45082084b2f152fc453a8056.Translation by Syed Akbar Ali Shah; English Translation by: Syed Akbar Ali ShahSource
- Poems from Iqbal — First edition, 1955Translation by V. G. Kiernan; Published English translations attributed to V. G. Kiernan; the 231 previously imported exact passages remain, with one additional independently reviewed final standalone line at PDF page 100. Each new locator names its exact passage scope.Source
- Source group 11576, final standalone line after 003_162_004.Edition evidence