(با نگ درا(حصہ دوم
با نگ درا
حصہ دوم
Poems written between 1905 and 1908, the period he
spent as a student in Europe. He praises the rationality and
pragmatism of the West, but complains about its overt
materialism, loss of spirituality and narrow patriotism, which
promises suffering. (The first world war proved him right.) This
situation strengthened his belief in the universal values of Islam
and he resolved to use his poetry to stir Muslims to their
renaissance