خضرراہ
لے گئے تثلیث کے فرزند میراث خلیلخشت بنیاد کلیسا بن گئی خاک حجاز
English translation
The sons of the Cross have taken away the heritage of Khalil; the soil of Hijaz has become the brick of the church’s foundation!
(Reference to the upper hand of Christians in Islamic countries, particularly those with Muslim majorities and Muslim governments.)
Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil
Word meanings
تثليث: مراد ہے عیسائی۔ميراث خليل: مراد ہے مسلمانوں کا ورثہ۔خشت: اینٹ۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 64 of 85 in “خضرراہ” (The Traveler’s Guide) in the section Poems of Period - 1908-30, from Allama Muhammad Iqbal's Urdu book Bang-e-Dara (بانگِ درا), published in 1924.
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