The Call of the Marching Bell

Preface

Poems of Period 1 - Before 1908

• The Himalayas
• 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
• The Interrogation of the Dead
• The Candle And The Moth
• The Intellect And The Heart
• The Painful Wail
• The Sun
• The Candle
• A Longing
• The Morning Sun
• The Pathos of Love
• The Withered Rose
• The Tomb Stone of Saiyyid
• The Crescent
• Man and Nature's Assemblage
• The Message of Dawn
• Love and Death
• Piety and Ecstasy
• The Poet
• The Heart
• The Ocean Wave
• Farewell O World's Congregation
• The Suckling Baby
• The Portrait of Anguish
• Lament of Separation (In Memory of Arnold)
• The Moon
• Hadhrat Bilal R.A.
• The Story of Man
• An Ode to India
• The Fire-Fly
• The Morning Star - Venus
• The National Anthem for the Indian Children
• The New Temple
• 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

The Ghazals

• Do not look at the garden of existence like a stranger
• If you had not come I would have had no occasion for contention
• O Lord! Strange is the piety of the preacher
• I should procure such straws for my nest from somewhere
• What can I say how I got separated from my garden
• Unusual in state, distinct from the whole world they are
• One should not see the Spectacle with the material eye
• What should I say how much Longing for dejection I have
• The one I was searching for on the earth and in heaven
• Completion of your Love is what I desire
• When that Beni«z opens His Graceful Hand
• I bear hardships on myself, I am unconcerned with others
• Majnun abandoned habitation, you should abandon wilderness also

Chapter 6- Poems of Period 2- 1905-08

• Love
• The Reality of The Beauty
• The Message
• Sw«mâ R«m Târath
• Addressed to the Students of Aligarh College
• The Morning Star - Venus
• The Beauty And The Love
• On Seeing A Cat In The Lap Of Someone
• The Flower Bud
• The Moon And Stars
• Meeting The Beloved - The Union
• Sulaimah
• The Unfaithful Lover
• The Unsuccessful Effort
• The Song Of Grief
• The Sort-Lived Joy
• Mankind
• The Manifestation Of Beauty
• An Evening (On The River Necker's Banks, Heidelberg, Germany)
• Loneliness
• The Message Of Love
• Separation
• Addressed to Abd Al-Qadir
• The Island of Sicily

The Ghazals

• The life of Man is no more than a breath!
• O God ! Teach a little Love to my happy Intellect
• The world will know when the flood of conversation will emerge from my heart
• Thy splendor is manifest in thunder, in fire, in spark
• O worldly congregation! Though your gatherings were attractive
• We circumambulate the wine‑cup like the wine's reflection
• Time has come for openness, Beloved's Sight will be common

Chapter 7 Poems of Period 3 - 1908-30

• The Islamic Cities
• The Star
• The Two Stars
• The Royal Cemetery
• The Morning's Appearance
• Tazmin on a Verse of Anisi Shamilu
• The Philosophy Of Grief

• On Being Presented With A Flower
• The Muslim National Anthem
• Wataniyat (Nation As A Poliotical Concept)
• A Pilgrim on His Way to Madinah
• Qat’ah
• The Complaint
• The Moon
• The Night And the Poet
• The Assembly of Stars
• Strolling in the Celestial World
• Advice
• R«ma
• The Motor Car
• The Human Race
• Addressed to the Youth of Islam
• The Eid Crescent
• The Candle and the Poet
• The Muslim (June 1912)
• In Audience with the Holy Prophet S.A.W.
• The Hospital of Hijaz
• The Response To the Complaint
• The Cup-Bearer
• Education and its Consequences
• Closeness To Kings
• The Poet
• The Good News of the Dawn (1912)
• The Supplication
• In Response to the Request for Writing a Poem On Eid
• Fatimah Daughter of Abd Allah - An Arab Girl who was Martyred While Serving Water to the Fighters against Infidels in the Battle of Tripoli
• The Dew And the Stars
• The Siege of Adrianople
• Ghulam Q«dir Ruhillah
• A Dialogue
• I And You
• The Poem Based on a Verse of Abu Talib Kalim
• Shibli and Hali
• Evolution
• Hadhrat Abu Bakr Siddique R.A.
• The Present Civilization Tazmân Bar Sh’er-i-Faizi (Based on a Verse of Faizi)
• In Memory of Mother of Blessed Memory
• The Sun's Ray
• The Poet Saiyyid Muhammad Jamal Al-Din Urfi, Shirazi
• In Response to a Letter
• Nanak
• Infidelity and Islam Tazmân Bar
• Hadhrat Bilal R.A.
• The Muslims and Modern Education
• The Princess of Flowers
• Based on a Verse of Saib
• A Coversation in Paradise
• The Din (Includes a Verse of Mirza Bedil)
• An Incident of the Battle of Yarmuk
• The Din
• Remain Attached to the Tree Keep Spring's Expectation
• The Night of the Celestial Ascension of the Holy Prophet S.A.W.
• The Flower
• Shakespeare (William Shakespeare)
• I And You
• Imprisonment
• Beggar for Khilafah
• Humayun (Mister Justice Shah Din Marhum)
• The Travelers' Guide
• The Renaissance Of Islam

The Ghazals

• O zephyr! Convey my message to the one wrapped in blanket
• These songs of turtle doves and nightingales are merely ear’s illusion
• O dejected nightingale your lament is immature still
• Lift the veil from Thy Face and be manifest in the assembly
• The spring breeze is flowing again start singing, O Iqb«l
• O the much sought after Reality! Some time appear in material form
• No wonder if the garden birds remained fond of poetry even under the net
• Though you are bound by cause and effect

Humorous Poems

• In the East principles are changed to religion
• The girls are learning English
• The Shaikh also is not a supporter of women’s seclusion
• O wise man! This is a matter of a few days only
• Western education is very encouraging
• It does not matter if the preacher is poor
• The patient of civilization will not be cured by the gàlâ
• Will there be an end to this, how long should we buy
• We poor Easterners have been entangled in the West
• “The search, the witness and the thing witnessed are the same”
• We have lost all material resources
• As I tried to commit suicide the Miss exclaimed
• So naive were they not to appreciate the Arabs’ worth
• In India councils are a part of the government
• Membership of the Imperial council is not at all difficult
• What will be a better proof of affection and fidelity
• The Shaikh was giving a sermon on the mode of operation
• Let us see how long this business of the East lasts
• The cow one day started saying to the camel
• Last night the mosquito related to me
• This new `verse’ was revealed to me from the jail
• Life may be lost but truth should not be lost
• Capital and labor are in confrontation with each other
• That eternal rind has departed from the border of Sh«m
• One day a dispute arose between the farmer and the owner
• Throw them out in the alley
• The owner of the factory is a useless man
• I have heard this was the talk in the factory yesterday
• Though the mosque was built overnight by the believers^[3]