ایک مکڑا اور مکھی
مکھی نے سنی جب یہ خوشامد تو پسیجیبولی کہ نہیں آپ سے مجھ کو کوئی کھٹکا
English translation
The fly was touched by this flattery and spoke: ‘I do not fear you any more.
Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil
About this couplet
This is couplet 21 of 24 in “ایک مکڑا اور مکھی” (A Spider And A Fly) in the section Part 1 -- Before 1905, from Allama Muhammad Iqbal's Urdu book Bang-e-Dara (بانگِ درا), published in 1924.
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