Urdu Dictionary
Urdu · proverb · Nation, Faith & Society

Ab pachhtaye hot kya jab chidiya chug gayi khet

अब पछताए होत क्या जब चिड़िया चुग गई खेत
Meaning

There is no use regretting once the damage is done.

Literally: what use is regret when the birds have eaten the field

See it in the verse

Ab pachhtaye hot kya jab chidiya chug gayi khet in Iqbal’s couplets

Jis khet se dehqan ko muyassar nahin rozi
Us khet ke har khosha-e-gandum ko jala do
The field that does not yield its farmer even his daily bread — burn every ear of wheat in that field.
Justice · Courage
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