ایک مکڑا اور مکھی
بھوکا تھا کئی روز سے اب ہاتھ جو آئیآرام سے گھر بیٹھ کے مکھی کو اڑایا
English translation
The spider had been starving for many days. The fly provided a good leisurely meal.
Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil
About this couplet
This is couplet 24 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.
Read it in the poem۲۴ / ۲۴