تلخی او را فریبم از شکرخندہ ہا در لب بدوزد چارہ گر

English translation

I deceive myself by sugar-coating them, the physicians laugh at me in their sleeves.
(These lines refer to Iqbal’s utter helplessness and disgust at continued illness and the use of bitter dozes of medicine which is Iqbal put it, are a challenge to man’s fine tastes.)

Translated by Bashir Ahmad Dar

Urdu translation

دوائی کی کڑواہٹ کو چینی ملا کر فریب دیتا ہوں؛ طبیب میری اس حرکت پر اپنی مسکراہٹ کو چھپاتا ہے۔