Introduction
First written in Urdu, Bang-i Dara (Caravan Bell) was
translated into Urdu by popular demand. An anthology of
poems written over a period of 20 years, is divided into 3 parts:
1. Poems written up to 1905, the year Iqbal left for England.
These include nursery, pastoral and patriotic verses. Taranayi
Hindi (The Song of India) has become an anthem and is sung
in India on Independence Day.