Click here for background and on any passage for word meanings and explanatory discussion. There are many facets to iqbal’s poetry (as for any other shaa’er). In the 1920s he wrote a series of progressive compositions with a hint of socialist thought.

kaarKhaane ka hai maalik mardark¹-e naakardakaar²
aysh³ ka putla hai, mehnat hai ise nasaazgaar⁴  1.derogatory word for man, foul man 2.lazy, useless 3.luxury, indolence 4.unsuited, incompatible
The owner of the factory is a foul, lazy man. He is the embodiment of indolence, work is incompatible with his nature.

hukm¹-e haq² hai laiys-lil-insaan³ illa⁴ maase’aa⁵
khaaye kyuN mazdoor ki mehnat ka phal sarmaayadaar⁶  1.order, edict 2.truth, god 3.not for human 4.except 5.that which is developed (by working/striving) 6.capitalist
It is the word of god that there is nothing (allowed) for human except that which he himself has developed/worked for. Why then should the capitalist consume the fruit of the work of labour.