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Public-domain Urdu text · 1924
بانگِ درا
The Call of the Marching Bell, Iqbal's first Urdu poetry collection, presented here first as the original Urdu text.
Contents
Part I
49 poems
Early poems, nature poems, patriotic pieces, and short reflective verse.
Himalaya
The Colorful Rose
The Age Of Infancy
Mirza Ghalib
The Cloud On The Mountain
A Spider And A Fly
A Mountain And A Squirrel
A Cow And A Goat
The Child's Invocation
Sympathy
A Mother's Dream
The Bird's Complaint
Inquiry from the Sleepers of the Grave
The Candle And The Moth
The Intellect And The Heart
The Cry of Pain
The Sun
The Candle
A Desire
Morning Sun
Pathos Of Love
A Withered Rose
The Tomb-Stone Of Saiyyid
The Crescent
Man And Nature's Assemblage
The Message Of Dawn
Love And Death
Piety And Ecstasy
Poet
Heart
Wave of the River
Farewell O World's Congregation!
The Suckling Baby
Picture of Pain
Lament of Separation in Memory of Arnold
The Moon
Bilal
The Story Of Man
An Ode To India
The Fire-Fly
The Morning Star –Venus
National Song of Indian Children
The New Temple
Nawab Mirza Khan Dagh
The Cloud
A Bird And The Fire Fly
The Child And The Candle
On The Banks Of The Ravi
The Traveler's Request
Ghazals I
13 poems
The first group of ghazals in Bang-e-Dara.
Part II
24 poems
Poems associated with Iqbal's European period.
Love
The Reality Of Beauty
The Message
Swamy Ram Tirath
Address To The Students Of Aligarh College
The Morning Star –Venus
Beauty and Love
On Seeing A Cat In The Lap Of Someone
The Flower Bud
The Moon And Stars
The Union (Meeting The Beloved)
Sulaima
The Unfaithful Lover
The Unsuccessful Effort
The Song Of Grief
The Delight of Today
Mankind
The Manifestation Of Beauty
An Evening by the River Neckar’s Banks, Heidelberg, Germany
Loneliness
Message of Love
Separation
To Abdul Qadir
The Island Of Sicily
Ghazals II
7 poems
The second group of ghazals in Bang-e-Dara.
Part III
70 poems
Mature poems of religion, politics, community, and Muslim renewal.
The Islamic Cities
Star
The Two Stars
The Royal Cemetery
Morning’s Appearance
Tazmin On A Verse Of Anisi Shamlu
The Philosophy Of Grief
On Being Presented With A Flower
The Muslim National Anthem
Nationalism
A Pilgrim On His Way To Madinah
Stanza
Complaint
The Moon
The Night And The Poet
The Assembly Of Stars
Strolling in the Celestial World
Advice
Rama
The Motor Car
The Human Race
Addressed To The Youth Of Islam
The First of Shawwal or the Crescent of Eid
The Candle And The Poet
The Muslim
In Audience With The Holy Prophet S.A.W.
The Hospital Of Hijaz
The Response To The Complaint
The Bartender (Butler)
Education and Its Consequences
Closeness To Kings
The Poet
The Good News Of The Dawn
The Supplication
In Response To The Request For Writing A Poem On Eid
Fatimah Daughter Of Abd Allah
The Dew And The Stars
The Siege Of Adrianople
Ghulam Qadir Rohilla
A Dialogue
Me and You
The Poem Based On A Verse Of Abu Talib Kalim
Shibli And Hali
Evolution
Abu Bakr Siddiq R.A.
The Present Civilization
In Memory Of Late Mother
The Sun’s Ray
The Poet Saiyyid Muhammad Jamal Al-Din Urfi Shirazi
In Response To A Letter
Nanak (reference to Guru Nanak, founder of Sikhism)
Infidelity And Islam
Bilal R.A.
Muslims and Modern Education
The Princess Of Flowers
Based On A Verse Of Sa’Ib
A Dialogue in Paradise
Religion
An Incident Of The Battle Of Yarmuk
Religion
Remain Attached To The Tree Keep Pring’s Expectation
The Night Of The Celestial Ascension Of The Holy Prophet P.B.U.H
Flower
Shakespeare
Me And You
Imprisonment
Begging For Khilafah
Humayun (Late Mr. Justice Shah Din)
The Traveler’s Guide
The Renaissance Of Islam
Ghazals III
8 poems
The third group of ghazals in Bang-e-Dara.
Satirical Poems
29 poems
Iqbal's satirical poems from Bang-e-Dara.
Source text: Tadreej uses the structured public Bang-e-Dara poem data published by allama-iqbal.com. Each poem page extracts only the original Urdu lines; translations and commentary from the source are not included.
Selected poems now include approved companion videos by Dr Khurram Ellahi. Tadreej only shows embeds after a video is explicitly approved for the poem.