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The Bird's Lament

پرندے کی فریاد

Parinde kī Faryād

Allama Iqbal · Nazm · Bāng-e-Darā (1924)

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Urdu Wikisource, https://ur.wikisource.org/wiki/پر_ندے_کی_فریاد (tagged PD-Pakistan).

Text notes: Corrected one Wikisource typo, قفسں to قفس (stanza 2, line 6). Diacritics kept as in the source.

Urdu words are split by code, so the text shown is the original. Translated and reviewed by Shay Kashif, with machine-generated drafts. If you spot an inconsistency please feel free to email me at shay [at] shaykas [dot] com.