But the principle of separate electorate shattered the dream of the poet. Nay even those who opposed it were forced by the circumstances which the principle of separate electorate had engineered in the country–to support the schemes of separatism. In his concluding lines the poet (Dr. Iqbal) being confused and confounded gives an opportunity to the Britishers. He says- Nishan-i-barg-u-gul tak bhi na choar is bag main gulchin uri qismat sai razim araiyan hain baghanum main.
