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

also written: ab pachtaye hot kya jab chidiya chug gayi khet

Meaning

Regret is useless once the damage is done.

Literally: why repent now 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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