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کارخانے کا ہے مالک مَردکِ ناکردہ کار
عیش کا پُتلا ہے، محنت ہے اسے ناسازگار
Karkhane ka hai malik mardak-e-nakarda-kar
Aish ka putla hai, mehnat hai use nasazgar
حکمِ حق ہے لَیْسَ لِلْاِنْسَانِ اِلَّا مَاسَعیٰ
کھائے کیوں مزدور کی محنت کا پھل سرمایہ دار
Hukm-e-haq hai laisa lil-insani illa ma sa'a
Khaye kyun mazdur ki mehnat ka phal sarmaya-dar
Source: Bang-e-Dra (1924) — Part 3, qita
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A two-couplet qita on labour and capital. The factory owner who does no work lives in comfort; the poet cites the Quranic words that a person has only what he strives for, and asks why the capitalist should eat the fruit of the labourer's work.
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