ایک مکڑا اور مکھی
منظور تمھاری مجھے خاطر تھی وگرنہکچھ فائدہ اپنا تو مرا اس میں نہیں تھا
English translation
I only wanted to entertain you. I had no personal gain in view.
Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil
About this couplet
This is couplet 8 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 poem۸ / ۲۴