Gaye aur Bakri Allama Iqbal | Bang-e-Dra-008
Gaye aur Bakri Allama Iqbal
A Cow and a Goat (Adopted for Children)
Ik Makra aur Makhi Tashreeh in urdu
Aik Gaye aur Bakri (Bachon k liya)
Ek charagah heri bheri thi kahin
This sarapa bhar jis ki zameen
Kya saman us bahar ka ho bayan
Her taraf saaf nadiyan thi rawan
Thay anaron k be shumar darakht
Aur peepal ka sayadar darakht
Thandi thandi hawayen ati thin
Taeron ki sadden ati thin
Kisi nadi ke pas ek bakri
Charte charte kahin se a nikli
Jab theher ker idhar udhar dekha
Paas ek gaye ko khare paya
Phle jhuk ker ussay salam kiya
Pihir salike se yun kalama kiya
Kyun bari bi mazaj kaise hain
Gaye boli khair acha hain
Kat rahi hai buri bhali apni
Hai musibat mein zindagi apni
Jaan par a bani kya kahiye
Apni kismet buri hai kya kahiye
Dekhti ho Khuda ki shan ko mein
Ro rahi ho buron ki jan ko mein
Zor chalta nhi gareeba ka
Pesh aya likha naseebon ka
Admi se koi bhala na kare
Us se pala pare Khuda na kare
Doodh kam do to barbarata hai
Hun jo dubli to bach khata hai
Hathkandon se ghulam karta hai
Kin faarbon se ram karta hai
Us k bachon ka plati ho mein
Doodh se jan dalti ho mein
Badle naiki k ye burai hai
Mere Allah teri buhyi hai
Sun k bakri ye majra sara
Boli aesa gila nahi acha
Baat sachi hai be maza lagti
Mein kahun gi magar Khuda lagti
Ye charagh ye thandi thandi hawa
Ye hari ghaas aur ye saya
Aesi khushiyan humain naseeb kahan
Ye kahan be zuban gareeb kahan
Ye maze admi ke dam se hain
Lutf sare usi k dam se hain
Uss k dam se hai apni Abadi
Quid hum ko bhali k azadi
So tarah k hai banon mein hai khatka
Wan k guazran sa bachaye Khuda
Hum pe ehsaan hai bara us ka
Hum ko zaiba nahi gila us ka
Qadar aram ki agr samjho
Admi ka kabhi gila na karo
Gaye sun ker ye baat shermayi
Admi k gile se pachtai
Dil mein perkha bhala bura us ne
Aur kuch soch ker kaha us ne
Yun to chotti hai zaat bakri ki
Dil ko lagti hai bat bakri ki
English
Poet Allam Iqbal
A Cow and a Goat (Adopted for Children)
There was a verdant pasture somewhere
Whose land was the very picture of beauty
How can the beauty of that elegance be described
Brooks of sparking water running on very side
Many were the pomegranate trees
And so were the shady papal trees
Cool breeze flowed everywhere
Birds were singing everywhere
A goat arrived at a brooks bank from somewhere
It came browsing from somewhere in the nearby land
As she stopped and looked around
She noticed a cow standing by
The goat first presented her compliment to the cow
Then respectfully started this conversation
As she stopped and looked around
She noticed a cow standing by
The goat first presented her compliments to the cow
Then respectfully started this conversation
How are you Madam cow
The cow replied not too well
My life is mere existence
My life is a complete agony
My life in in danger what can I say
My luck is bad what can I say
I am surprised at the state of affairs
I am cursing the evil people
The poor ones like us are powerless
Misfortunes surround the one like us
None should nicely deal with man
My God protect us from man
He murmurs if my milk declines
He sells me if my weight decline
He subdues us with clevemess
Alluring he always subjugates us
I nurse his children with milk
I give them new life with milk
My goodness is repaid with evil
My prayer to Allah is for mercy
Having heard the cow’s story like this
The goat replied this complaint is unjust
Though truth is always bitter
I shall speak what is fair
This pasture and this cool breeze
This green grass and this shade
Such comfort were beyond our lot
They were a far cry for us speechless poor
We owe these pleasures to man
We owe all our happiness to man
We derive all our prosperity from him
What is better for us freedom or bondage to him
Hundreds of dangers lurk in the wilderness
May Allah protect us from the wilderness
We are heavily indebted to him
Unjust is our complaint against him
If you appreciate the life comforts
You would never complain against man
Hearing all this the cow felt embarrassed
She was sorry for complaining against man
She mused over the good and the bad
And thoughtfully she said this
Small though is the body of the goat
Convicing the advice of the goat
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